h. Altair Engineering HyperMesh Basic Training Day 1For technical support, contact us at: PHONE (248) 614-2425, Mon ~ Thurs: Fri: 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM (EST). Ask for HyperMesh Support :00 AM to 7:00 PM (EST). Fax (248) 614-2410 Eman. hmsupport@attair.com Wee wwwwaaltair.com FTP Site: AvprESS. _fipaltair.com or ftp2.altair.com Loain ftp Password Copyright © 2001 Altair Engineering, Inc., All rights reserved. Altai HyperMesh® Basic Training Trademark Acknowledgments: Altair HyperMesh is a registered trademark of Altair Engineering, Inc. All other trademarks and registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners. Comments concerning the training material may be made to documentation@ attair.com. Master_day!_HyperMesh 50 Basic Training Course.dooTable of Contents Day1 Protace . Chapter 1: Introduction to HyperMesh The HyperMesh Window... Graphics ATCA snssennonn Header Bar Main Menu... Using the Mouse Macro Menu. : Exercise 1.1: Opening a Database Fie. Peomanent Menu... Toggles and Switches nn noe Exercise 1.2: Displaying Elements and Geometry Using the model browser to control model display... Secondary Menu. Manu tems Exercise 1.8: Translating Elemente... Standard and Performance Graphics... Macto Menu. ‘The Default Macro Ment Tho Files Pane! ‘The Collectors Panel Exercise 1.4: Using the Card Panel Default HyperMesh Fil Altair Engineeri Introduction to HyperMesh & gineeringTable of Contents Chapter 2: Creating an FEA Model Creating, Solving, and Analyzing an FEA Modet.. Exercise 2.1: Retrieving a HyperMesh Database .. Exercise 2.2: Creatifiy Material Collectors. Exercise 2.3: Creating and Editing Component Collectors. Exercise 2.4: Creating 2-D Elements with the Spline Panel een Exercise 2.6: Creating 3-D Elements with the Line Drag Panel. Exercise 2.6: Cleaning up the Model Exercise 2.7; Creating Load Collector Exercise 2.8: Applying Constraints to the Model Exercise 2.9: Creating Forces.. Fxercise 2.10: Creating Load Steps... Exercise 2.11: Using the OptiStruct Solver. Postyprocessing the Results mum Exercise 2.12: Viewing a Deformed Shape. Exercise 2.14; Viewing a Contour Plot Chapter 3: Geometry Clean Up and Tetrameshing . Geometry Cleanup nem Exercise 3.1: Importing and observing the model... Exercise 3.2: Cleaning up geometry . Exercise 3.3: Surface Meshing.. = Exercise 3.4: Checking the Element Quality and Tetrameshing. Exercise 3,5: Cleaning up and verifying the model... i ‘Altair Engineering nme ee eee eae ae eee eee eeePreface Who should attend This course is designed for students who have not used HyperMesh and wish to dovelop skills for analyzing FEA models. This course covers these topics: managing the HyporMesh interface, working with FEA models, Geometry cleanup, and surface meshing. Each section also includes “hands-on” exercises to help you become comfortable with the new techniques presented here. Manual notations This manual uses the following notations. + courier for text that you type in + bold italic for panel names, button names, and sub-panel names. Information that is of importance or warming messages will appear in a note box B® | This is an example of a note box. Important information appears here. This is an example of a waming box. Critical information appears here. 2 ss —J For more help Should you desire additional help with material in this course, see the back of the title page of this manual for contact information: Comments about this manual may be directed to documentation @altair.com. Altair Engineering Introduction to Hypertiesh 1Preface 2 Introduction to HyperlMesh ‘Altair EngineeringChapter 1: Introduction to HyperMesh HyperMesh is a high performance finite element pre- and post-processor that allows you to build finite element and finite difference models, view their results, and perform data analysis. In addition, you can use Altait's OS/FEA linear solver to quickly validate component level and product performance and improve product design. HyperMesh is a Computer Aided Engineering (CAE) toot as described in the diagram below: The CAE Process Altair Engineering Introduction to Hyperffiesh 3Chapter 1: Introduction to HyperMesh The HyperMesh Window ‘The HyperMesh window consists of five main areas: the graphics area, the Macro Menu, the header bar, the main menu, and the Permanent Menu. You can access a secondary ménu by using tié keyboard function keys. Graphics Area Macro Menu Permanent Menu Header bar Main Menu Pages HyperMesh main screen Graphics Area The graphics area displays geometry, models, and plots, ¥ Introduction to HyperMesh ‘Altaie EngineeringChapter 1: introduction ta Hyper Mesh Header Bar The header bar displays the current panel tile and model status information. Messages also appear on the header bar temporarily overriding the title and status information. Main Menu From the Main Menu you can select one of seven functions organized by Page. Each Page contains various tools to assist you in performing that function. Page Function Geom Line creation and geometry editing functions 1D 1-D elament creation and eciting functions 2D 2-D surface and element creation and editing functions 3D -D surface and element creation and editing functions BCs Boundary conditions, system, and load creation functions foo Model ecng, uty, made checking, and intrmationl inctions Post Post-orocessing and xy plotting functions Using the Mouse ‘The mouse attached to your system is integral to HyperMiesh and can be used in almost every aspect of user input. A two- or three-button mouse may be used with HyperMesh. ‘The mouse buttons have these functions. Left mouse button Performs selection operations. Right mouse button Deselects entities in the graphics area. Aborts graphics operations. Altair Engineering Introduction to HyperMesh §Chapter 1: introduction to Hypertiesh Middle mouse button CTRL + left mouse button In the rotate (4 and arc dynamic motion (a) modes, selects a new center of rotation when you pick a node in the model. Dynamically rotates the model CTRL + middle mouse button Zooms into an area of the model CTRL + right mouse button Pans the model Users can also use CTRL plus C and CTRL plus V to cut and paste text and numeric information. Macro Menu The Macro Menu allows you to customize the standard interface to include function buttons, radio options, and text that has HyperMesh-supplied and user- defined macros associated with it. The menu is located, by default on the right side of the screen area, above the Permanent Menu. A macro file controls the display and available operations of the Macro Menu. Attributes that you can change include: The page on which to display the menu Text to be displayed on the contro! Location and size of the menu Help message to be displayed on the menu bar Macro to call, with optional arguments to pass Se ‘See the Macro Menu section in the On-line Help for more information about creating and customizing the Macro Menu. 6 Introduction to Hyperiesh ‘Altair EngineeringI {i Chapter 1: Introduction to Hyper Mesh Y i U Exercise 1.1: Opening a Database File Retrieve a HyperMesh database file 1. From any page, select the files panel. c 2, Click the radio button to select the Am fife sub-panel. I f The radio button is white to indicate that the files/hm file sub-panel is Ss active. 1 fi 3. Double-click file = and use the file browser to select the burper . hail. I p 4. Click retrieve. i p 5. Click return to exit the files panel i t bumpershm I L Altair Engineering Introduction to HyperMlesh 7mene Chapter 1: Introduction to HyperMesh Permanent Menu The Permanent Menu allows you to manipulate the view of the model, control which collectors are displayed in the. graphics area, set global modeling parameters, and edil soiver-specific data. ‘The Permanent Menu viewing functions listed below can be accessed by clicking on the desired function on the Permanent Menu or using the keyboard hot keys, designated by the same letters and the plus and minus sign on the menu. You can also use the arrow keys on the keyboard to rotate the model. (zoom) P (plot) etal (s] 3) w (window manager) F (ily r (rotate) Magnify the view of a specific portion of a model, indicated by drawing a circle around it, in the graphics area. Replot or refresh the graphics area Incrementally rotate the model about the screen x and y axes by the angle specified in the options/modeling menu sub-panel. Incrementally rotate the model counter-clockwise and clockwise around the screen z axis. Position and scale xy plots and title windows. Maximize the view of the displayed collectors in the graphics area. Dynamically rotate the model about the screen x and y axes. With the middle mouse button, pick a node or point to bo the rotation center. (Picking a rotation center cannot be done during animation processes or while viewing a mesh.) 8 introduction to Hyperitesh ‘Altair Engineering