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HyperWorks 14.0.110 Release Notes
Altair® HyperWorks® is the most comprehensive, open architecture CAE simulation platform in the
industry. It offers the best technologies to design and optimize high performance, weight efficient, and
innovative products.
HyperWorks includes best-in-class modeling, linear and nonlinear analyses, structural and system-level
optimization, fluid and multibody dynamics simulation, electromagnetic compatibility (EMC), multi-
physics analysis, model-based development, and data management solutions.
Our goal at Altair has always been to provide the best technology at the highest value to our
customers, and the HyperWorks® 14.0.110 release is no exception.
The suite offers hundreds of new features, enabling you to continue to develop better products in
shorter timescales. New and enhanced capabilities include:
• Efficient parts and assemblies management
• Extremely fast graphic engine, to handle even the largest models
• New solutions for linear and nonlinear structural analysis
• Multiphysics analysis structural, electromagnetic and fluid flow phenomenon
• Optimization-based analysis and system-level design exploration
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Aerospace
Highlights
In this release, the Matrix tool has been further enhanced to support following customer requested
functions.
Enhance Load Case Selection Options
Users are now provided with a possibility to select:
• Current subcase active in an HyperView session
• Multiple subcase results available in a solver results file regardless of what is selected in
HyperView session
• To query from the active contour results displayed in the HyperView graphics window.

Component/ Set / Material /Property Based Results Query
Unlike the previous version, now users can query max/min results for component/sets/material
/property entities. The software will search the max/min values for the elements in that component
and provide single value and the element ID / load case ID where that value occurred.

Creating Notes in HyperView
The Matrix tool provides the ability to create Annotation (HV- notes) for selected column results.
From the right click menu, users can create or delete notes.

Creating/Retrieving Metadata in HyperMesh for Entities
It is very useful to add and store additional data for HyperMesh entities, such as
nodes/elements/components which cannot be added using the standard HyperMesh GUI.
This data is permanently stored in the HyperMesh database.

HyperCrash
Highlights
General Enhancements
• Drag & Drop functionality (for Windows only) – selection of files in directories and
drag/drop them onto HyperCrash display window, with following options:
− Import and replace
− Merge
− Compare
• Possibility to create a new model from scratch under File > New Model.
• Dynamic icon to reflect solid elements display mode (“solid skin” or “solid”).
• Specific renumbering on entity selection.
• “ALT” keyboard key forces the contour mode in rotation and translation to “boundary
mode.”
Model Comparison
Load a second model and:
• Visualize the display and dedicated browser of differences between the models
• Automatic fix of differences
Model Checker
• Selective model checker capability – Check on entities linked to a selection of parts or a

selection of entities defined into include files.
• Capabilities to compare model data to a reference database
GUI Enhancements
• Basic view for Entity Editor – A smart way for the user to display only the necessary
solver card fields and hide any others. Information is saved into a session file and
retrieved in next session.
• Selector popup short cut is available for single cell entity. Threshold information displayed
into generic panel.
• New display filter popup feature allows you to manage display of parts that can be handle
in the cell if the type of element is restricted.

• New export selection capabilities in all generic panels.
• Column Attribute Display – A smart feature to choose and add any attribute of entities in
column of generic panels. Information is saved into a session file and retrieved in next
session.
• New GUI functionality to create parameter expression.
Safety Tools
• Seat Deformer – Input direction in seat deformer parameters describes now the direction
of motion of the dummy on the seat. A display of the vector is also now available.
• Management of preferences for seat deformer and dummy deformer pre-simulation

options – "Reset Preferences" to system preferences & user preferences.
• Aero Seat-Belt – creation of multi belts in dedicated GUI (Only for RADIOSS User Profile).
• Batch Mode – available for dummy positioning and seat-belt routing.
RADIOSS User Profile
Keyword Support
• RADIOSS 14.0
− /IMPDISP/FGEO and /IMPVEL/FGEO
− /CLUSTER including /TH/CLUSTER and /ANIM/VECT/CLUSTER
− New “QFRIC” option available in /TH/INTER
• Unsupported RADIOSS card are stored at import and displayed as text in Model Browser
Entity Panels
• New generic panel for Rigid Walls.
• New generic panel for Sensors.
• Section panel – New simplified mode creation to create groups in one shot.
• All group types creation is now available from any cell support of any entity.
• “Adhesive” entities (ex: failure models, thermal cards, etc) are directly available from the
material Entity Editor.

LS-DYNA User Profile
• 4 nodes *ELEMENT_SEATBELT are now displayed as shell elements
• Multi Create Mode available for some entities
• Xref panel shows now which part is master or slave of a *CONSTRAINED_RIGID_BODIES
• Improvements for accelerometers creation

− New options in “create new” menu – Manual/Automatic with rigid part/Automatic with CNRB
− Improved graphical representation
• ID Range – Export of HC_ID for keywords without ID
Connections
• Extraction of spot-welds with more than 2 layers is now available
• Create a single global tied contact per include. Contact type is defined in mco file

HyperGraph
Highlights
The export and sync of conditional formatted tables in PowerPoint is added to PPT Publishing, and
images in PPT will keep their aspect ratio on both Windows and Linux. HyperGraph export has also
been enhanced with the ISO MME format, and 2D plots can be exported in the vector-based MS-EMF
(Enhanced Metafile Format).
Great progress has been made in MediaView: A new pixel selector supports the redefining of markers,
and a completely revamped Measures Panel allows the user to define and edit multiple measures
similar to HyperView, including the curve export of dynamic distance measures between traced
markers in real units. Curve values can be transformed using a tracking system defined by one or two
markers.
PPT Publishing
• TableView Support: The Publishing of TableView to PPT Tables will be supported in

14.0.110. At the initial export, the table layout in PPT will be similar to the layout in
HWD. Format changes in PPT will not be overwritten when the user syncs the tables in
PPT (e.g. after loading a report template with different results), however, the user has
the option to specify that in addition to all cell values, the text and background colors of
conditionally formatted cells will be synced.
• Keep Aspect Ratio: The option to keep the aspect ratio of images in PPT for both the
first export and when syncing new features has been implemented, dependent on the
OS. Performing a live sync on Windows captures the images always dependent on the
size and ratio in PPT, and images which are shrunk to thumbnail size will keep the same
ratio between fonts and graphics as in full-screen mode.
In Linux, the user can define either the image height or width and the aspect ratio of the
PPT master template. The PPT Publishing ensures that, for syncing, the image
dimensions will be the same in PPT as long as the user uses the same settings saved by
HWD at the time of the initial export.

• EMF (Enhanced Metadata File) Support: For PPT Publishing on Windows, all 2D
plotting types now support the MS EMF format. This vector-based format allows the user
to resize the exported plots without losing quality, as shown in the screenshot below,
where a zoomed-in section (left) of the original exported plot (right) is displayed in PPT.
Marker Tracing Enhancements
The new pixel selector allows the user to redefine the positon of markers, which provides the
opportunity to use report templates for marker tracing. When a Master Unit Measure is defined in
the new Measures Panel, the trace lines can be plotted in real units.

MediaView Measure Panel
The completely revamped Measures panel supports multiple static or dynamic measures between
markers in movies with layout options similar to HyperView. The measure values and measure
curves can be displayed in real units by specifying a Master Unit Measure, which defines the
conversion factor between pixels and real units. This unit definition can also be used in the curve
creation feature of the Marker Tracing panel. This new functionality will make tedious manual tracing
and measuring of markers in videos obsolete.
MediaView Tracking System
By creating a 2D tracking system defined by one or two markers, the positions of markers can be
displayed relative to this tracking system. Features are provided to ensure that the tracking system
keeps its position on the screen and that the animation will only run for the time range during which
the markers defining the tracking system exist.

HyperGraph - Additional Features
The following new features have been added to HyperGraph:
• The ISO MME format has been added to the curve export.
• The border color of notes can be synced with the color of the attached curve.
• Reverse displaying of X-axis values (from high to low) has been implemented.
• The animation cursor on curve plots always visible, regardless of the active panel.
• The precision of coefficients returned by the polyfit function can be defined.
Resolved Issues
• The "fir100" math function failure on Linux has been fixed.
• The issues with PSD output in LS DYNA BINOUT files has been resolved.
• The PCH file reader support files which contain both DISP and SDISP results.
• The frequency vectors for some PCH files are no longer imported twice, as they were in
13.0.110.
• The PCH reader now supports data stored in SORT1 and SORT2 data format.
• The problems loading report templates from previous versions with unit scaling enabled
have been fixed.

• The error message "Vector must have same number of points… for the "saefilter"" math
function no longer appears.
• If the "More Colors" option in the HyperGraph 3D axes panel is used, panels can be
switched without an error message.
• For H3D files containing results from OptiStruct composite plies, the y request list in the
Build Plots panel shows the complete list of all ply elements.
• The bug with the File > Export Curves > Apply button not responding has been fixed.
• The plot file check box in the Flexible Reports panel now works correctly with report
templates generated by MotionSolve.
• The label font size on the y axis of complex plots can now be increased without the label
entering the graphics area.
• Black borders no longer appear in 2D plots when all axis colors are set to white.

HyperMesh
General
Comparison Tool
Improvements have been made to the accuracy of the 2D thick shell comparison for surfaces. For
the revised thick shell calculations there is now a matched percentage for surfaces. Previously,
overlapped was the maximum category and the matched percentage was always 0. The match types
assigned to surfaces have not changed, though, so overlapped will remain the maximum category for
display and there will be no matched surfaces shown.
To make the calculation, the matched area for elements is divided by two. A similar thing is done
with the overlapped category. The unmatched calculation is kept as-is, and the intersected category
is adjusted to make sure that the percentages add up to 100%. In addition, if there is 100%
matched for the FE, the surfaces are also set to be 100%.
H3D Export of Results
H3D files exported from HyperMesh can now optionally contain match results from the Comparison
tool.

Resolved Issues
• Crash associated with corrupted hmmenu.set file. The corrupted hmmenu.set file is either
created while user is out of disk space or loss of network connection to the folder where
HyperMesh is writing the hmmenu.set file.
• Loss of vertical scroll bar while using EE entity selection list when it goes outside the size
of EE.
• Performance issue with element property update command.
• Graphics performance and visualization issue with components containing both geometry
and elements during operations like translate or rotate.
Model Build & Assembly
The Common Model workflow has been significantly enhanced with respect to improved representation
handling and improvements to entity management.
Representation Management Enhancements include automatic generation of the common

representation, the ability to skip loaded representations when performing a Load representation
operation, the introduction of a Reload representation operation, the reorganization of the
representations context menu to logical group frequently used operations and an Add representation
workflow enhancement which allows the addition of multiple representation simultaneously.
Entity Management Enhancements include the introduction of user editable PDM Metadata via the
Entity Editor, enhanced entity update from PDM Metadata via the Update representation operation and
PDM Metadata synchronization from HyperMesh entities via the Sync Metadata operation.
Connectors
Grouplinks
Grouplinks are supported for hexa seam and area connector absorption. During the absorption the
top and the bottom side of the hexa connection is identified and the links are combined into one
grouplink per side.
This leads to more reproducible results during repeated realization because of distinct projections. A
typical example is the absorption of the bondline of a windscreen.

Opposite Link Option
The Opposite Link option has been introduced for seam connector realization. If enabled it ensures
that the closest links on both sides of the connector are connected. There is a link check which
checks whether the links are parallel, this is called the normal projection deviation angle. This
option assists the realization if the seam is not precisely positioned in between the connected
parts.
Quad Seams in Combination with Remesh
The Remesh option has been enhanced and now works for quad seams. The new behavior ensures
correct t-edges and prevents the creation of free edges. The mesh quality has been improved as
well.
This option is especially useful for areas of the model with close quad seams, where the quad
transition may have conflicts.

CWELD Enhancements
All CWELD realization types have been consolidated to one CWELD (general). CWELDs with GS
node definition do support face to face as well as point to face connections.
CWELDs connecting faces and defined with a GS node can be recentered. The projections are
revalidated then.

New Material Selection Mechanism for Hilock Realization
Once a connector is set as being a HiLock connector, different HiLock Material Options can be set
per connector basis in the Connector Entity Editor. If the connector has been realized as Hilock
Material before, a material can be selected from the current model from a specially defined folder or
from metadata.
RADIOSS ACM (Shell Gap Contact and Coating) Realization Types
This realization creates hexa clusters between shell components and connects them via contact
definitions. For components of certain materials a heat affected zones is imprinted into the shell
mesh. The materials which get the special treatment can be automatically defined by names in a
file or by selecting from the model.

Autopitch for Thin Solids
The autopitch functionality has been enhanced to consider closed shell thin solids. When enabled,
allows shell meshes that enclose a volume (some small gaps are allowed) to additionally be used as
input for the connector creation.
UID Support
Connectors now support unique part identifiers (UID) as links.
Resolved Issues
• Seam Connectors which have been created with retain nodes option were wrongly
translated; only the line was translated and the test points remained in their original
position.
• When RBE2 or RBE3 elements are created on solids during realization, their rotational
degrees are fixed now.

• Connector related custom files like feconfig, postscripts, file and folder attributes are
searched by using the default search hierarchy (installation directory, HW_CONFIG_PATH,
user directory, working directory).
• For CWELDs GRIDID and ELEMID with GA-GB definition a centered quad option has been
added.
• For the LS-DYNA hexa adhesive realizations a contact definition has been added to the
postscript.
Geometry
Resolved Issues
• Resolved a crash with the autocleanup tool.
• Rejecting a scaling operation now properly restores the scaled geometry cleanup
tolerance.
• The solid > spin subpanel no longer crashes when using an invalid axis of rotation.
Meshing
BatchMesher
• Added the ability to provide a custom Output Name for the output HyperMesh file, or to
use the name of the input file with a .hm extension. This name is utilized in all of the
BatchMesher output reports as well for consistency.
• It is now possible to have a geometry file use the output from a previous mesh type of
the same file as input to another instance of that geometry file, within the same
BatchMesh session. This is useful for creating common model representations and one
or more domain specific representations that use the common model representation as
input, all in a single run. BatchMesher takes care of executing the jobs in the proper
order to make sure the proper dependencies are being met, regardless of the order of the
jobs are defined in the BatchMesh UI.

• Added a new command line option -relocate_to_input for controlling the relocation of
the output files to the input directory.
SPH
New options added to have more control over the SPH generation process. Definition of mesh
orientation will enable you to generate mesh aligned with model coordinates. With new options to
select volume to be filled, you can generate SPH particles in specific volume domain. Partial filling
option will enable you to define the level till SPH particles to be generated. You can define wall
clearance and wall offset setting for generating SPH according to physical requirements.
Resolved Issues
• Resolved an issue where the Preserve Edges tool would not unselect certain preserved
edges.
• Rejecting a scaling operation now properly restores the scaled geometry cleanup
tolerance.
• The solid > spin subpanel no longer crashes when using an invalid axis of rotation.
• Fixed a crash when using nodes as input to the line mesh panel.
HyperMorph
Map to Geom
• A distance may now be specified such that when mapping nodes, domains or morph
volume edges and faces, those entities end up offset from the target entities by the
specified distance. A positive value maps short of the target, while a negative value maps
beyond the target. This is available for map to elements, map to equation, map to line,
map to node list, map to plane and map to surface.

• For the normal offset feature, the use all elements and use selected elements options
are now available for calculating the normal directions for the smoothed normals and CFD
corners options.
Morph Constraints
A new along DOFs constraint type is now available. This enables the constraint to fix one, two or
all three degrees of freedom for a node relative to a local coordinate system, or to the global
coordinate system. During morphing, the coordinates along the specified DOFs will remain fixed,
while the others are allowed to change. For example, fixing nodes in the r DOF of a cylindrical
system will cause them to remain a constant distance away from the z-axis of the coordinate
system.
Morph Volumes
When shrinking morph volumes, a new implicit method is available (in addition to the legacy method,
now named explicit). This new method is generally faster and more robust than the legacy method,
although it does usually require twice as many iterations to converge. The implicit method is now used
when morph volumes are created and the shrink mvols option is selected.
Freehand
• A distance may now be specified such that when moving nodes, the nodes end up offset
from the target entities by the specified distance. A positive value moves short of the

target, while a negative value moves beyond the target. This is available for move to line,
move to node list, move to mesh, move to plane, move to surface and move to vector.
• For the move normal feature, the use all elements and use selected elements options
are now available for calculating the normal direction for the smoothed normals and CFD
corners options.
General
• When projecting handles to a plane in the Morph panel, there are now options to project
the handles along a vector, or to project them normal to the elements upon which they lie.
These are in addition to the existing option to project normal to the plane.
Resolved Issues
• Morph constraints on nodes which are being mapped to a line were disappearing from the
display, although the morph constraints were still active. This has been resolved.
• The legacy method of morph volume shrinking (now named explicit) allows curvature in
edges which have mid-handles, sometimes in an undesirable way. The new implicit
method keeps all morph volume edges straight when shrinking them.
APIs
Resolved Issues
• Resolved specific issues where hm_measureshortestdistance and hm_getcentroid were

returning incorrect values.

HyperStudy
Highlights
HyperStudy 14.0.110 contains several new features to streamline the user experience. A new function
and variable mode allows users to more freedom in the problem setup. Other tools, such as the
Pareto chart, introduce new ways to more easily explore the approach data.
New Function readsim
This new function is designed to expand on the abilities of the commonly used function resvector.
Key features include spanning time ranges and easy picking of first or last request items. This
function comes with a dedicated GUI to aid response construction.
Pareto Charts
This is a DOE post-processing technique that presents the effects of the variables on a response in a
bar chart which ranks the effects from largest to smallest. These simple to understand charts are
an effective tool to present the results of a DOE.
Categorical Variables
A categorical variable is one which can take a list of possible values that cannot be ordered by
numerical comparison. As an example the color of an automobile may be “red, green, or blue”, but it
cannot be said that “red is less than blue”. A variable may be marked as categorical and used in
approaches such as DOE or Fit. These variables arise naturally in material selection or part
switching studies, for example.
New Icons
In the tables and channel selectors, new icons have been inserted beside the labels. This makes it
easier to quickly tell which items are variables, responses, objectives, or constraints.
Enhanced Details of Pareto Optimal Set
After a multi-objective optimization is typical to interrogate the points on the Pareto frontier to get
more details. The Optima tab has been enhanced with a tool (right mouse context menu) to better
collect the information about these points in a dedicated GUI with tabular information.
Other Enhancements
• Added solver execution script drop down option for “Register New Solver.”
• “Ignore failed analysis” is made the default for all optimizers.

• Introduced tools to partition and highlight the correlation matrix.
• Defined new controls to more easily select commonly used regressions.
• The matrix edit’s “Import Values” operation can directly access other approaches.
• The three trade-off tabs are consolidated into one tab for more concise presentation.
• The status bar contains a log of warning and errors.
Resolved Issues
• User defined interaction information is properly copied during DOE copy.
• User defined correlation information is properly copied during Stochastic copy.
• Studies with Excel models can be opened on Linux.
• Fixed editor bug regarding “SET GRID.”
• MotionView models can run active solution even if is not the first.

HyperForm
Highlights
HyperForm has been enabled to manage solver job submission and optimization runs in Physical and
Virtual HyperWorks Unlimited compute clusters. Batch nesting functionality has been updated to
handle progressive and transfer die nesting and double attached parts.
Resolved Issues
• Material assigned to sheet lost after Create Input step under User Process.
• Tube hydroforming gravity model setup.
• Stamping model setup using force applied by springs.
• Error message during drawbead creation using simplified line in Drawbead Editor for LS-
DYNA.
• Binder creation by extending part edges enhanced.

HyperView
Highlights
This release includes a number of bug fixes, general improvements and one important enhancement
related to the loading of result files in HyperView. Please read below for more details.
Loading Multiple Results Files
This important enhancement allows users to load multiple result files in HyperView. A typical use-
case is a multiple loadcase simulation in which the user applies different loads on the same model
and outputs the results as individual result files. In such a case, users can now bring in all the result
files into a single model by picking the input deck as the model file and using “Add multiple result
files” option in the load model panel to import all the result files. The load case view of the result
browser will display each subcase and the result file to which it belongs. Any derived results will be
available across all the loadcases coming from the different result files.
• Envelope trace plot (subcase or simulation) legend is changed to a category based

legend. This change, in addition to making the legend simpler, improves query, measure
and notes output by showing the actual labels instead of internal IDs and resolves some
precision issues with the legend values when switching from an envelope trace plot to a
regular plot. Users can either display the subcase/simulation labels (default option) or the

IDs in the legend. Query or quick query will show subcase/simulation along with the
actual value of the result type contoured.
• A new “Small Deformation” option is added to the files view of the Results Browser.
Activating this option will change the elemental system results definition to be based on
model step instead of current simulation step for transient results at a model level. This
option is primarily provided to enable users to plot vector results on 1-D elements for
certain Nastran solution sequences (e.g. SOL 106, SOL400) that was not possible
previously. For other scenarios, use this with caution.
• Option to suppress arrow head for tensors is provided in the Tensor panel.
• A flat list of include files will be shown in the Model view of the Result Browser.
Show/Hide/Isolate/Isolate Only options are available through the context menu.
• Option to export only selected sets from the model is provided in the Export Sets dialog.
• Option to name external result files (resources) added via Expression Builder is provided.
• If “auto-hide” option is active, the notes attached to an entity will be hidden when the
entity is removed from display by a section cut.
• Free Body Diagram utility will support H3D result files, provided the file contains the
required result types.
• A few Tcl APIs to provide information about size of Notes and Legends have been added.
Resolved Issues
• HVTrans application stops without error while converting large ODB files.
• Exported H3D contains fewer simulation steps than the original envelope load case
leading to a mismatch in the Contour plot.
• Distorted RBE2 elements when corner data option is enabled in OptiStruct H3D file.
• Query does not provide correct layer information in the case of an envelope trace plot
involving Top/Bottom contour.
• Issue with sorting contour values containing strings in Query panel.
• Notes that are hidden by auto-hide option can be selected in the graphics.
• Visible only on selection method picks certain 1D elements that are invisible.
• Refresh issue with Deformed panel when switching animation modes.
Solver Interfaces

• ODB reader for Abaqus 2016 results is added for Windows and Linux 64-bit platforms for
HyperView and Hvtrans (this is also added in 13.0.116-hotfix).
• Plastic strain tensor, Thermal strain tensor, residual forces and moment result types in
LS-DYNA d3plot result files is supported.
• LS-DYNA d3plot result reader enhanced to read multiple integration point results on solid
elements (corner data).
• ADVC result reader enhanced to read Gasket element results.
• Reading of LS-DYNA binary results file FSIFOR is supported.
• New HyperView reader option for NASTRAN XDB Result reader “Support partial XDB files”
is added.
• Axisymmetric results for CTRIAX elements in Nastran and OptiStruct OP2 result files is
now supported.
• Consistent naming of direct nonlinear stress result type in OP2 and XDB results.
• Reader enhanced to read composite results and nonlinear stresses in XDB files.
Resolved Issues
• Issue displaying results from 3plot files generated by LS-DYNA version R8.
• Application crash when reading LS-DYNA d3plot generated from input deck containing
more than three airbags of type *AIRBAG_PARTICLE.
• Issue displaying results from UNV result file containing complex data types.
• OP2 reader issue with 1D element forces for CFAST elements in HyperView.
• XDB result reader misreads RBE3 definition.
• Missing IDs error while reading certain NX Nastran OP2 result files.

HyperWorks Collaboration Tools
SimData Manager Connector
We have added another out-of-the-box connector. Without leaving the HyperWorks Desktop, users of
SimData Manager from PDTec can now connect directly to that tool to browse and search for content
and to seamlessly retrieve files directly into their HyperWorks environment. The connector is bi-
directional. So, users can also publish files created in HyperWorks directly back to SimData Manager.

CAD and Solver Interfaces
Abaqus Interface
ANSYS Interface
Permas Interface
CAD Interfaces
EXODUS Interface
LS-DYNA Interface
Nastran Interface
OptiStruct Interface
PAM CRASH 2G Interface
RADIOSS Interface
Samcef Interface

Abaqus Interface
Highlights
Abaqus 2016 ODB reader support has been added for HyperView, HyperGraph and HvTrans. The
minimum Windows and Linux versions supported are WIN7 SP1, Linux RedHat 5.5 and SUSE
Enterprise11 SP2.

ANSYS Interface
Highlights
In this release an important change has occurred in model set up procedure for ANSYS solver. This
change will influence if the model contains any ANSYS sections. It is required that users need to
carefully read this change described in detail below.
All ANSYS Sections are Now Moved to Properties
In HyperMesh 14.0 or earlier releases, ANSYS sections such as standard beam, shell, pretension,
joint, taper, pipe, contact, link were available under “Beam Section Collector.” In 14.0.110 release
onwards all ANSYS section are available under Property. If any type of ANSYS section needs to be
defined in the model (ANSYS card: SECTYPE) then Property with card image: SECTYPE needs to be
used.
Beam section collectors will now store beam sections created by HyperBeam. To use HyperBeam
sections in the model, create a property with card image “SECTYPE” and select “TYPE” BEAM. You
will get an option to select HyperBeam and choose the appropriate HyperBeam section.
This change in model set up may also require you to update any scripts created for any type of
section assignments or using sections.
Import and Export of ANSYS Solver Super Element Data
It is now possible to read and export the information about ANSYS super element-MATRIX50.
Control cards relevant to super elements such as SE – Defines Super Element; SEOPT –Substructure
analysis options; CMSOPT – Component mode synthesis options are now supported as control cards.

Super element models may also contain Master Degrees of Freedom – M. This data is retained in
import and export as this data is sent to unsupported control card. On exporting this data is also
exported back to the deck. Please note that this version of HyperMesh supports only import and
export of the ANSYS super element data. Creation of ANSYS super elements is not yet supported.
Support of More than One Material Table Data in Material Property
If more than one material table, ANSYS keyword- TB is used in a material card, example: gasket
material model where different tables are created to define compression and release of gasket
material for different operating temperatures. In this case, earlier HyperMesh versions could read
and export only the first table. Information on all other material tables data was lost. Now all that
information is retained. A provision to store such additional table data as unsupported material table
is available. If such material model needs to be created in HyperMesh then user need to activate
“Unsup_Mat_TB” option and input the number of lines of additional material data exist and then he
can type in the additional material Table information. This option is more suitable for the import and
export of model that have materials with more than one Table defined.
Other Enhancements and Improvements
• FE-Joints are now added to the list of RBE3 and RIGIDS. Thus if there are FE JOINTS in
the model then they do not need “Element Type” to attach similar to RBE3 and RIGIDS.
• Magnetic DOF: HM now recognizes Magnetic Vector potential degrees of Freedom – AX,
AY and AZ for DOF1, DOF2, and DOF3 in constraints respectively and Magnetic Scalar
Potential Degree of Freedom – MAG for DOF1 in Constraints. Select D_A in load types to
use magnetic vector potentials and D_MAG to select Magnetic Scalar potential
constraints.
Resolved Issues

• Offset Visualization for shell elements is now corrected. Visualization now shows as per
ANSYS visualization rules. This is applicable only in ANSYS solver profile.

Permas Interface
Model Checker
Similar to other interfaces, the Model checker is exposed for Permas. We have added errors/warning
that can be captured. It is completely customizable environment.
Entity Editor and Tooltips
For all entities, the Entity Editor is added for creation/editing. The Model Browser contextual menu is
updated with the new list of available entities. Hovering the mouse on the Entity Editor displays a
tool tip.
IQUAD/ITRIA
All IQUAD/ITRIA elements are supported.
• ITRIA3
• ITRIA6
• IQUAD4
• IQUAD8
• IQUAD9
Resolved Issues
• Allowed weight factors in the MPC_WLSCON card to be blank.
• Fixed the issue of same material is shown twice in Solver Browser.
• Import is fixed to read the DESCRIPTION field for $SFSET.
• Support “Parent” option in the $SITUATION definition.
• Supported Transversely isotropic option for material.
• Fixed export/import issues with loads DOFType.

CAD Interfaces
Resolved Issues
• Fixed an issue where importing CATIA files containing a specific type of revolution surface
would lead to distorted surfaces.
• Resolved an application error when performing JT import in multiple HyperMesh sessions

simultaneously.
• The cadassm utility no longer crashes when the user does not have write permission to
the output directory.

EXODUS Interface
Highlights
This release of HW supports the import export and GUI functionalities for EXODUS interfacing with
Sierra structural dynamics solver.
Supported entities:
• Materials: The list of materials used in Sierra Structural dynamics are in the Create >
Materials menu.
• Blocks: Element blocks are supported both in binary format (EXODUS) and ASCII
format (Sierra). Block cards will be written out for each element block with associated
material and structural properties like “Thickness”, “NSM” (Non Structural Mass) etc., if
defined with element block. Element block will also handle other property attributes for
beam elements like beam sectional properties, mass properties, rigid and spring properties.
Block cards with property attributes will be exported even for contact properties (tie joint
property).
• Function/Plots: Time, frequency and/or spatially dependent functions for transient and
frequency response analysis can be defined using the Function section. The functions can be
grouped under a collector called "Plot."
• Coordinate Frames: Coordinate systems may be defined for reference to the materials,
loads, and boundary conditions. The following types of local coordinate systems are
supported:
− Rectangular or Cartesian for Cartesian systems
− Cylindrical for a cylindrical (polar system)
− Spherical for a spherical system.
• Loads: Loads and boundary conditions are specified within the Loads section. Supported
loads include:
− Force
− Moment
− Pressure
− Velocity
− Acceleration
− Flux
− Temperature
− Boundary Condition

• Contacts/TiedJoint: Sierra SD supports contact definition through Tied surfaces named
“TIED JOINT” or “TIED DATA.” The contact is between slave and master surfaces;
surfaces are defined by “side sets” by using an entity called “contact surface.”
• Control cards: Input and output control cards, and solution setup definition is supported.
− Solution: Facilitates the selection of the solution type and associated solution control variables.
− Parameters: Provides a method to input parameters that are independent of the solution method
or solver.
− Outputs: Determines which data will be written to the output file. Also called output request.

LS-DYNA Interface
Highlights
• Improved Mass and COG calculation that are now finely tuned to the LS-DYNA solver
requirements. The enhancements are accessible in the Mass panel and in the Summary
template.
• Modification for the pedestrian impact for LS-DYNA process template: the process template
no longer deactivates velocities in *PART_INERTIA. Also it populates automatically the
defaults for some of the contact parameters in
*CONTACT_AUTOMATIC_SURFACE_TO_SURFACE.
• New LS-DYNA 971R8.0 user profile has been added.
New Keywords
• *BOUNDARY_CYCLIC
• *CONTACT_AUTOMATIC_BEAMS_TO_SURFACE
• *CONTROL_MPP_CONTACT_GROUPABLE
• *CONTROL_IMPLICIT_MODAL_DYNAMIC_DAMPING
• *CONTROL_IMPLICIT_MODAL_DYNAMIC_DAMPING_SPECIFIC
• *CONTROL_IMPLICIT_MODAL_DYNAMIC_DAMPING_FREQUENCY_RANGE
• *CONTROL_MPP_DECOMPOSITION_ARRANGE_PARTS
• *MAT_DRY_FABRIC
• *MAT_ANISOTROPIC_THERMOELASTIC
• *CONTROL_DEBUG
• *CONTROL_MPP_IO_NOBEAMOUT
Keyword Updates
• *BOUNDARY_RADIATION_SET
• *CONTACT_OPTION1_{OPTION2
• *MAT_LAMINATED_COMPOSITE_FABRIC
• *MAT_COMPOSITE_DMG_MSC
• *SECTION_SOLID, *SECTION_SHELL, *SECTION_BEAM
• *CONTACT_FORMING_SURFACE_TO_SURFACE_THERMAL_FRICTION

• *CONTROL_SHELL, *CONTROL_CPM, CONTROL_OUTPUT
• *CONTROL_PARALLEL
• *DAMPING_RELATIVE
• *MAT_LAMINATED_FRACTURE_DAIMLER_CAMANHO
• *MAT_SOIL_AND_FOAM, *MAT_CABLE_DISCRETE, *MAT_FU_CHANG_FOAM
Resolved Issues
• MAREA value in *SECTION_SHELL is recognized in mass calculation after converting a

Nastran deck containing NSM in the PSHELL card.
• Fixed a problem with renaming of Curve in Entity Editor window that was not reflected in
the Browser.
• Name maping now works correctly for curves and tables.
• Fixed an issue for scale factor for curves in *LOAD_SHELL_ELEMENT.
• Solved an issue with the Empty and Unused functionality that was not working for entities
stored in an Include.
• Changed the export status for files imported as include. Now they will no longer be
tagged as “do not export”.
• The name of the curve or a table in the browser is now always matching the title used in
the *DEFINE_CURVE and *DEFINE_TABLE respectively.
• The parametrization of *DEFINE_CURVE is now possible also using

*PARAMETER_EXPRESSION.
• The handling of .hmx files after import on Windows machine is now improved. HyperMesh
will write the data in the My Documents folder unless initial stress/stain keywords are
found in the model.
• Fixed a problem shown while creating Parameters on "id" fields within HM tabled data.
• Fixed a problem in reading decks with the *INCLUDE_TRANSFORM keyword found in

nested INCLUDE (Include of Include).
• Fixed an issue in Database_cross_Section that produced an error while changing the set
definition while selection was on XTAIL.
• Fixed crashes encountered when creating transformations in the Transformation Tool.

Nastran Interface
Highlights
PARAM Card Support
• PARAM, FOLLOWK
• PARAM, PATVER
• PARAM, DBALL,
• PARAM, NLAYERS,
• PARAM, AUTOMSET
• PARAM, MECHFIX
• PARAM, NOGPF
Additional Solver Cards Support Updates
• ECHO case control card
• RESUDIAL option in AUTOSPC card
• PRESSURE case control card
• PLOT, PRINT option in Displacement, Stress and Strain output request
• RIGID case control card
• RESVEC case control card
• New solver option “Compress Nodes/Elements sets” in Export Browser.
• New solver option “Convert SPC1 to SPC” in Import Browser to convert SPC1 card to SPC
card.
HyperView Reader Enhancements
• New HyperView reader option in NASTRAN XDB Result reader “Support partial XDB files.”
• Axisymmetry results for CTRIAX elements is now supported.
• Reader enhanced to read Composite results and Nonlinear stresses in XDB files.
• Consistent naming of direct nonlinear stress in OP2 and XDB results.

Resolved Issues
• XDB reader misreads RBE3 definition.
• Missing IDs error while reading OP2 result file generated in NX Nastran.
• Tensor plot issue with display type “CrowFoot.”
• MCID=0 in PFAST card is retained on import and export.
• Import reader failed to read the .dat file.
• Load mapping on geometry does not work after first delete of loads.
• Isolate of includes does not show MPC.
• PARAM card does not allow you to remove a comment through the Entity Editor.
• BCTABLE was not exported with single blank line.
• BSURF card export issue.

OptiStruct Interface
Highlights
Thermal Analysis Card Support
• Thermal compliance TCOMP option is added to internal design response DRESP1
• One step transient thermal stress analysis setup is completely supported.
• HTIME option is supported for TEMPERATURE(BOTH) and TEMPERATURE(LOAD)
Optimization Card Support
• New LATTICE type=4 is added
• New LATPRM options MAXRAD and BUCKSF are added
• TAPE option is supported in Free Size panel under composites, for Tape laying based free
sizing setup
Abaqus to OptiStruct Solver Conversion Enhancements
• *SPECIFIC HEAT converted to CP in MAT4
• *STEP, STATIC converted to ANALYSIS type NLSTAT if Abaqus model contains *PLASTIC
or *SPRING/*DASHPOT with NONLINEAR option or *HYPERELASTIC
• *STATIC, STABILIZE converted to PARAM,EXPERTNL,CNTSTB
• *CLEARANCE converted to CLEARANCE option in PCONT
• *FRICTION converted to PCONT with m1
• *TIE, POSITION TOLERANCE mapped to SEARCHDIS parameter in TIE
• *CONTACT PAIR with ADJUST is mapped ADJUST parameter in CONTACT
• *CONTACT PAIR, TIED is converted as FREEZE option in CONTACT
• *CONTACT PAIR, SURFACE to SURFACE is converted as S2S option in DISCRET field of

CONTACT card
• Multiple bug fixes
Additional Solver Cards Support Update
• GPSTRAIN
• SET3
• AUTOPSC

• PARAM, GYRO1D
• COMP option in THICKNESS card
• RATIO field is added to MATX25 card
• RANDOM is added to subcase type as new analysis type.
• New solver option “Compress Nodes/Elements sets” in Export Browser.
• Unsupported cards and unsupported continuation line handling is enhanced while

importing models containing unsupported cards.
Resolved Issues
• Ucyc attribute in DTPL card is misread while reading .hm files generated from previous
version.
• SPCFORCE options misalignment is corrected in Load Step Browser.
• Abaqus to OptiStruct conversion errors.
• PCNTX24 export issues corrected.
• Import reader crash when MODESELECT present in .fem file.
• Import reader failed to read the .fem file.
• OP2 reader issue with 1D element forces for CFAST elements in HyperView.

PAM CRASH 2G Interface
Highlights
PYVAR
The PYVAR is supported for Pamcrash2G2010 version and onwards user profile.
• HyperMesh supports only PYVAR, since VARDEF is obsolete and fully replaced by PYVAR
after Pamcrash2G2014.
• VARDEF is not exposed to the user in HyperMesh for creation (refer to the
Pamcrash2G2013 Manual), but the VARDEF card is supported and it is converted to
PYVAR in all user profiles upon import.
• Parameterization (PYVAR) is supported for control cards, control volumes, sensors,

contacts/groups, curves, materials, properties and parts.
• The variables parameterized will be grayed out in the Card Editor so that it cannot be
changed.
• Unsupported parameterized entities are replaced with corresponding values during import
to avoid the loss of data with import warning message.
• Parameterization of entity IDs, legal values, elements, loads/load collectors, system

collectors (transformation), vector collectors, output blocks and node coordinates are not
supported.
Support of New Version Pamcrash2G2013
Supported the new version of user profile Pamcrash2G2013. Supported and updated the keywords
as per new version 2013.
Support of New Version of Pamcrash2G2014
Supported the new version of user profile Pamcrash2G2014. Supported and updated the keywords
as per new version 2014.
Newly Supported Keywords
• SECFO_CONT_MS
• SECFO_LINK
• MATERIAL TYPES 80-83 – User-Defined Materials for Solid Elements
• MATERIAL TYPES 180-184 – User-Defined Materials for Shell Elements
• MCTRL under control card with Pamcrash2G2011 and onwards user profile

• MATERIAL 371 Pamcrash2G2013 and onwards user profile
Updated Keywords
• ECTRL: Updated the options & defaults in sub keywords THICKNESS_INTEGRATION,

BEAM_FORMULATION, ANTIDRILL as per the individual manual versions.
• Supported the sub keyword PLINK_DIST_CHECK & updated ENERGY_MONITORING.
• ACFLD: Supported new field IFRA
• CNTAC: supported the fields XDMPT, TLSTIF and IPRESS
• SENSOR: Added the two new fields TARGET and TIMEfil to sensor ITYP=6
• MTOCO: Added a new option IDNOD or NCOG to MTOCO ITMTO=1[Inertia]
• TIED: Added the new field IPCHK with allowed values
• PROFILE_DMP: Updated field PROFIL with allowed values
• OCTRL: Supported the following new sub keywords.
• OUTPUT_FILE_FORMAT, TIME_HISTORY, CONTOUR_PLOT, SOLTHP, BEATHP, RANTHP,

MCOOR_AFM, MCOOR_ASM, STRESS_TENSOR, MPF_AFM and MPF_ASM.
• Updated the following sub keywords. PREFILTER, GLBTHP, SHLTHP, SHLPLOT, SOLPLOT,
NODPLOT, BEAPLOT, COLOUTPUT, CNTPLOT and FPMPLOT.
Resolved Issues
• Removed the keywords "MATER 21,102,130,132,203" which are phased out as per
manual in Pamcrash2G2014.
• Import warning messages for the keywords "NODCO, VARDEF, LNKPLOT & NINT in SHELL
card" as per the manual in Pamcrash2G2014.
• Import warning messages for the keywords " MATER 21, 102 & 203" as per the manual in
Pamcrash2G2013.
• Avoided Application error while importing solver decks by supporting PYVAR, SECFO_LINK
& SECFO_CONT_MS.
• Pamcrash2G 2002-2009 templates are available in the installation and can be loaded;
however they are no longer maintained.

RADIOSS Interface
Highlights
• New updates for RADIOSS 14.0 user profile have been added.
• Updates for the following cards: /MAT/LAW52, /PROP/TYPE4, /PROP/TYPE6,

/FAIL/TBUTCHER, /FAIL/FLD, /ANIM/VECT/MREAC, /INTER/TYPE7
• Improvement in the Abaqus to RADIOSS and LS-Dyna to RADIOSS conversion.
• HyperMesh now creates Mat law25 instead of law19 when reading fibersim data in
RADIOSS profile.
• Support for new Irem_2i flag in interface type7.
• Support of new option IHKT in /PROP/TYPE6.
• Support of Htens=8 in /PROP/TYPE4.
• Support of Iyield in /MAT/LAW52.
Resolved Issues
• There is no longer a segmentation error while modifying fields/check boxes in a second

level Entity Editor popup window, accessed from Cross References browser.
• Better handling of .hmx writing in file location on windows. Unsupported keywords will be
written in the .msg files unless initial conditions are found and import option specified.
• Stress vs Elongation curve is no longer missing in material LAW59
• The fields IFAIL and IFrame in /SECT card are no longer modified in import
• Fixed a problem in Part replacement where the tool failed to update the sets defined in a
"Cross section" entity.
• Fixed a segmentation error produced after performing multiple edits of "geometry type"
of cross section while in the Entity Editor.
• Fixed an import export problem with the /SECT card for the field ISAVE.

Samcef Interface
Highlights
In this release an important change has occurred in model set up procedure for ANSYS solver. This
change will influence if the model contains any ANSYS sections. It is required that users need to
carefully read this change described in detail below.
Entity Editor
All the HyperMesh entities in the Samcef interface can be created and modified from the Entity
Editor.
HyperBeam
The sections of the beam can be defined in HyperBeam. The beamsections will be assigned to the
properties .BPR.
The main advantage would be the 3D visualization on the elements to check the section and the
orientation of the beam.
MidMesh Thickness Tool
This tool is available in the pull down menu Mesh > Assign > Midmesh Thickness. With this tool, the
thickness and offsets can be automatically calculated after the extraction of the midsurface.
Tooltip
Tooltips have been added to help the users to fill the different parameters in the different enities
(property, material, contacts, and so on).
Resolved Issues
• Friction coefficient is now available in the definition of the contact .MCT.
• Beam offset is now supported at the creation of the beam element.
• The BAR panel has been cleaned to support only the options supported by the Samcef
interface.
• The card UNIT is now supported as a control card.

MotionView
Highlights
Use CAD Feature Recognition for Picking
MotionView now provides the ability to use geometrical features such as edge and surfaces while
creating entities. Through this feature, an edge or a surface of CADGraphics and primitive graphics
such as Box and Cylinder can be used to pick origin or alignment axis for entities such as joints,
bushings and forces. A point or a vector entity would be automatically created and resolved into the
Entity panel.
Point at circle center Point at edge center
Vector at axis of cylindrical surface Vector on edge
While picking the point/vector, hover the mouse on the edge/surface to highlight it. While picking a
point, a red cross mark + indicates the location of the point being created if clicked. Yellow cross
marks + indicate other potential location on the edge.

To use this feature, the option “Use CAD feature recognition for picking” needs to be turned on
through Tools > Option > Build Model.
In addition, this option enables:
− Highlighting of graphics in the graphics area under mouse cursor relevant for selection of
entities
− Dim non-relevant entities during selection
Improvements to Non-linear Finite Element Bodies
MotionSolve 14.0 introduced the “NLFE Body” as an experimental feature, which allows you to model
non-linearly flexible beams and cables in your multi-body system. The NLFE Body is based on the
Absolute Nodal Coordinate Formulation (ANCF). Nonlinearity can occur for two main reasons: (A)
Geometric nonlinearity and (B) Material non-linearity. The NLFE body supports both. MotionView
also introduced NLFE subsystems to model stabilizer bar and a helical spring system.
This release includes a more robust functionality for the NLFE in MotionView. The following
improvements have been implemented for this release:
• You can now specify the maximum allowable von Mises strain for your NLFE component in
the model that can be set in MotionView using the Materials dialog.
• MotionView now allows you to define a global method of attaching a marker to an NLFE
body for defining joints, forces, bushes etc. This is achieved by defining an environment
variable HW_NLFE_CONN_TYPE. You may specify up to six characters that determine how
the additional 6 degrees of freedom at the NLFE attachment grid are to be constrained.
For example:
− HW_NLFE_CONN_TYPE = TTTTTT implies that the marker is fully clamped to the grid. The
grid cannot be subjected to any axial or shear strain. This is the recommended value.
− HW_NLFE_CONN_TYPE = FFFTTT implies that the marker is partially clamped to the grid. The
grid can only undergo axial deformations but no shear deformation.
− HW_NLFE_CONN_TYPE = TTTFFF implies that the marker is partially clamped to the grid. The
grid can only undergo shear deformations but no axial deformation.

− HW_NLFE_CONN_TYPE = FFFFFF implies that the marker is not clamped to the grid. All
deformations are allowed on the grid.
− For more details, please see the documentation on CONN0 in the solver reference manual.
• Issues related to calculations of CG and Inertia for different beam cross sections have
been addressed.
• The ROD and TUBE sizes were wrongly displayed in MotionView graphics area. This issue
has been resolved.
• A crash issue when invalid values are specified for no. of segments for ROD and TUBE
sections is resolved.
• MotionView now can identify the correct GRID that needs to be used when an entity
attached to the NLFE body at that location uses a coincident point not part of NLFE
connectivity.
• An option to insert/delete a point between 2 existing connectivity points is now available.
• Creating displacement/velocity/acceleration outputs on NLFE body is available.

MotionView attempts to measure output at the CG location of the body. If a connecting
point at CG is not available, the output at a location closest to the CG is created.
Improvements to 3D Rigid Body Contact Solution
• The Automated report available for a contact simulation is updated.

− The animation of forces page appears before the Contact Overview page
− The issue of end time setting to 1 s irrespective of the simulation time is resolved
− The force animation shows region output instead of force on each element
New Air Spring Entity
A new air spring model is available as an Auto Entity in MotionView. The air spring force is
interpolated from a table of force verses spring height and static inflation pressure, which is typically
published by spring manufacturers. You enter the spring trim load and trim height and MotionSolve
calculates the static inflation pressure automatically. You may include a bumpstop with the air spring
as well. The air spring and bumpstop force properties are read from TeimOrbit format property files.
To add an air spring to your MotionView model:
• Load the Vehicle Dynamics Tools preference file by picking Load > Preference File from
the File menu in MotionView and then selecting the MBD Vehicle Dynamics Tools
preference file.
• Right click on the model in the browser and from the context menu pick “Add Auto Entity”
to launch the Add Entity dialog.
• In option menu on the Add Entity dialog pick “AutoAirSpring”, select single or pair, and
click OK.

New Full Vehicle Kinematics and Compliance Event Documentation
The Full Vehicle Kinematics and Compliance Event available via the task wizard in MotionView is now
documented in the online help under the topic
MotionView > Vehicle Dynamics Modeling > MDL Library User's Guide > Vehicle Modeling Library
User's Guide > Events.
Enhanced Tire Entities
The Auto Entities for MF-TYRE/MF-SWIFT, FTIRE/HTIRE, and CDTire now support offsetting the
wheel/tire CM along the spin axis. A positive offset moves the CM outboard from the vehicle X-Z-
plane. In addition you can offset the wheel hub graphics as well.
Updated FTire
COSIN FTire shipped with MotionSolve 14.0.210 is updated to version 2016-1. However, in the
future releases of MotionSolve, FTire binaries will not be included. Altair recommends obtaining FTire
from COSIN and installing FTire independently of MotionSolve. When you run FTire with
MotionSolve, the COSIN initialization file (e.g. cosin_2016-1.ini) is read to identify the FTire
installation, so you can be assured that the latest installed version of FTire is used.
Note: Using FTire 2016-1 with MotionSolve 14.0.210 requires a COSIN initialization file in your
home directory.
Other Improvements in MotionView
• It is now possible to fit the screen display using the keyboard shortcut “f”
• MV-HST – The Import Model Parameters dialog now shows only the active systems and
analyses
• MV-HST – An issue with active analysis not being selected by default has been resolved
• User defined properties are now available for Plant Input and Plant Output solver array
• Template of type USER & ADAMS can be evaluated prior to all other entities using the
MDL *Set statement. For e.g. *Set(varname.pre_evaluate, true) where varname is the
variable name of the template entity
Resolved Issues
• An issue of “Add Contact” context menu not appearing for the Contacts folder in the
Projects Browser has been resolved. This issue was observed when the model contained
only PointtoDeformableSurface contact

• A rounding off error in direction cosine calculation for markers while using Euler Angles
for orientation is resolved
• User defined properties can now be used with Solver Array – Plant Input and Plant Output

NVH
Highlights
Please refer to 13.0.114 and 13.0.116 Release Notes for additional changes made between
14.0 and 14.0.110.
Module Reparenting
Module reparenting capability allowing users to change the assembly hierarchy by cut / paste of
modules. Reparent module, cut / paste options are available in right click contextual menu of the
Assembly Browser.
Batch Modal Prepare and Model Reduction
Saving of set-up parameters for Batch Modal Prepare and Batch Model Reduction in UDM XML
database.
Modal/Panel Participation
Capability to exclude / include participation in the Study Tab for multiple contributors with different
levels of modification.
Resolved Issues
• Issue related to graying out of Assembly Browser of tear-off and recall.
• Issues in Modal Assurance Criteria related to special characters in subcase labels, UNV
extension in reference file, and acceleration data type.

Altair Partner Alliance
Highlights
The Altair Partner Alliance effectively extends the HyperWorks Platform from more than 20 internally
developed solutions to upwards of 60 applications with the addition of new partner software. With wide
ranging application domains like NVH, Composites, Durability, Manufacturing, Materials and many
more, the partner technologies strive to integrate with Altair HyperWorks to address customer specific
use cases. Below is a short list of integrations and workflows involving APA products available with the
HyperWorks 14.0 release:
• 3-maticSTL: Lattice optimization results from OptiStruct can be brought in 3-maticSTL for
further design refinement, and exported solver deck back to HyperMesh/OptiStruct for FE
validation.
• AlphaCell: Provides material data to OptiStruct to design sound packages using porous
materials.
• CADdoctor: Geometry cleaning & midsurface export to HyperMesh.
• CAEfatigue Vibration: Frequency based random response and fatigue solver that reads
OptiStruct data and outputs H3D files with diagnostic results for post-processing in
HyperView.
• Crash Cad Calculate: Imports beam sections coming from HyperBeam.
• Cross Section Editor: Extracts cross sections from a RADIOSS solver deck.
• DSHplus: The co-simulation interface between DSH+ and MotionSolve/MotionView is

enhanced and supported for 64-bit versions.
• ESAComp: Bi-directional interface between HyperWorks Desktop (HyperMesh, HyperView

using the Matrix browser) and ESAComp helps design composites for material and layup
import during pre-processing and failure evaluation in post-processing.
• Insight+: Simulation results from OptiStruct and NVH Director can be analyzed and
listened to with Insight+ along with test data for effective design and assessment of NVH.
• JMAG: JMAG Manager, which helps transfer EM losses from JMAG to AcuSolve as heat
sources, is updated in AcuConsole to take as inputs the asci format results.
− HyperStudy connection to JMAG to perform Design of Experiments and Optimization is available.
• KTex Family: Composite modeling tools in HyperMesh for detailed modeling of woven
composites, filament wound structures, and generating RADIOSS and OptiStruct material
cards.
• LW Finder: Reads OptiStruct results and strain data from HyperView to identify best
locations for strain gauge placement and minimization of measurement errors.
• Matereality: Master files from Matereality software can be imported to HyperMesh.
• MCQ-Chopped: Short fiber composites material characterization for OptiStruct and

RADIOSS.

• nanoFluidX: Gear & powertrain oil splashing simulation using sph particles modeled in
HyperMesh, inclusion of rigid body motion like movement of chains and gears from a multi-
body simulation in MotionSolve.
• STRENGTH2000: HyperMesh generated solver deck that can be read in Strength2000.
• TAITherm: Export of H3D results for post-processing in HyperView & optimization in

HyperStudy.
Get more information about Altair Partner Alliance at www.altairhyperworks.com/apa.

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HyperWorks 14.0.

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• Efficient parts and assemblies management

• Extremely fast graphic engine, to handle even the largest models

• New solutions for linear and nonlinear structural analysis

• Multiphysics analysis structural, electromagnetic and fluid flow phenomenon

• Optimization-based analysis and system-level design exploration

HyperWorks 14.0.110 Release Notes 1

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Enhance Load Case Selection Options

Users are now provided with a possibility to select:

• Current subcase active in an HyperView session

HyperWorks 14.0.110 Release Notes 2

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HyperWorks 14.0.110 Release Notes 3

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HyperWorks 14.0.110 Release Notes 4

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This data is permanently stored in the HyperMesh database.

HyperWorks 14.0.110 Release Notes 5

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• Specific renumbering on entity selection.

Load a second model and:

• Automatic fix of differences

• Selective model checker capability – Check on entities linked to a selection of parts or a

• Capabilities to compare model data to a reference database

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• New GUI functionality to create parameter expression.

• Management of preferences for seat deformer and dummy deformer pre-simulation

• Batch Mode – available for dummy positioning and seat-belt routing.

RADIOSS User Profile

− /CLUSTER including /TH/CLUSTER and /ANIM/VECT/CLUSTER

− New “QFRIC” option available in /TH/INTER

• New generic panel for Rigid Walls.

• New generic panel for Sensors.

HyperWorks 14.0.110 Release Notes 7