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 HyperView 8.0
Tutorials

HyperView Tutorials ............................................................................................................ 1

Finding the Installation Directory .................................................................................... 1

Loading Model Files - HV-1000......................................................................................... 3

Using the Animation Controls - HV-1010....................................................................... 6

Controlling the Model View - HV-2000..........................................................................10

Applying Entity Attributes - HV-2010............................................................................14

Using the Model Browser - HV-2020 .............................................................................18

Masking Elements - HV-2030 ..........................................................................................21

Creating Groups - HV-2040..............................................................................................24

Using Keyboard Shortcuts and Function Keys - HV-2050......................................27

Contouring Results - HV-3000 ........................................................................................29

Viewing Deformed Shapes - HV-3010...........................................................................34

Viewing Iso Values - HV-3020 .........................................................................................37

Editing Legends - HV-3030 ..............................................................................................41

Viewing Vector Plots - HV-3040......................................................................................46

Viewing Tensor Plots - HV-3050.....................................................................................48

Transforming and Averaging Stresses - HV-3060.....................................................52

Creating Derived Loadcases - HV-3070 .......................................................................56

Querying Results - HV-4000 ............................................................................................58

Performing Advanced Queries - HV-4010....................................................................61

Creating Section Cuts - HV-5000 ...................................................................................65

Using Exploded View - HV-5010.....................................................................................69

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Tracking Entities during Animation - HV-5020...........................................................72

Tracing Nodes and Components during Animation - HV-5030 .............................74

Creating Measures for an FEA Model - HV-6000 .......................................................77

Creating Notes - HV-6010.................................................................................................82

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HyperView Tutorials

Suggested Order If you are a new user, it is recommended that you begin with HyperWorks
Desktop Environment - HWD-0010 before working on any other tutorial.

File Location All files referenced in the HyperView tutorials are located in the
HyperWorks installation directory under
<install_directory>/tutorials/mv_hv_hg/animation.
If you need help finding the installation directory, see Finding the
Installation Directory <install_ directory> or contact your systems
administrator.

Finding the Installation Directory

Most tutorials use files that are located in the tutorials/ directory of the software installation. In
the tutorials, file paths are referenced as <install_directory>/../. In order to locate the files
needed, you will need to determine the path of the installation directory <install_directory>.
This path is dependent on the installation that was performed at your site. To determine what this
path is, follow these instructions:
1. Bring up the application.
2. Select HyperGraph from the Select application menu.

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3. From the Tools menu (located at the top of graphics user interface), select Readers, Writers,
and Functions….

The Readers, Writers, and Functions dialog is displayed.

4. Select the Import Template tab, and review the path preceding the directory /templates/.
This is the <install_directory> path.

Readers, Writers, and Functions dialog

In this example, <install_directory> is C:/hyperworks/MyInstallation/Altair/hw.

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Loading Model Files - HV-1000
In this tutorial, you will learn how to:
• Load model and result files
• Load various solver result formats

Tools
To access the Load Model panel:

• Click the Load Model panel button on the toolbar.

Or
• Select Load Model from the Graphics menu.
The Load Model panel allows you to load the result files along with the model files. If the result file
already contains the model definition, it is not a requirement that you load the model file along with
the results. However, when only result files are loaded, the component definitions such as name and
color are not preserved. The solver definition for component names along with the default color
settings are loaded. You can also choose to load only a model or result file.

Load Model panel

Activating the Overlay check box in the panel allows you to load multiple models and their results into
a single window. You can then set the active model in the window from the View menu, by activating
the Browser and selecting the HyperView tab, or by clicking on the file name in the status bar.

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Supported Solver Result File Formats
The following solver result file formats are supported by HyperView.

• HyperMesh results (RES) file • DYNA DB file

• Hyper3D (H3D) file • MADYMO KIN3 (KN3) and FAI files
• Altair FLX file • MARC T16 file
• Altair MRF file • NIKE3D N3PLOT file
• ABAQUS ODB file • OptiStruct OP2 file
• NASTRAN OP2 file • PAM-CRASH DSY file
• LS-DYNA D3PLOT and PTF files • RADIOSS A001 file
• ADAMS GRA and RES files • DADS BIN File
• ANSYS RST and RTH files • Moldflow UDM file
• DLM or LS-DYNA DYNAIN files • Universal UNV file

In addition to the solver result file formats supported through direct readers, HyperView supports
additional solver formats via result translators.

Exercise: Using the Load Model Panel

This exercise uses the file bumper_deck.key and the corresponding d3plot.

Step 1: Load the solver input file bumper_deck.key model data.

1. From the menu bar, select File/New to delete the contents of the current HyperView session.

2. Click the Load model button, on the toolbar.

3. Click the Load model file browser, , open the file bumper_deck.key located in
<install_directory>\Altair\hw8.0\demos\mv_hv_hg\animation\dyna\
bumper\bumper_deck.key.

Step 2: Load the solver results file d3plot for result data.
1. Click the Load results file browser, open the file d3plot located in
<install_directory>\Altair\hw8.0\demos\mv_hv_hg\animation\dyna\bumper\d
3plot.
2. Click Apply to load the model data from the results file along with the input data.

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Step 3: Load the solver result file d3plot for both model and results in a new
window.
1. Click the Page Layout button on the toolbar, to open the Page Layout dialog.

2. Select the two window layout , and close the dialog.

3. Activate the new window.
4. Load the d3plot file for model and results in this window.
Observe the difference in component colors between the two windows.

Step 4: Load the model file alone in a window.

1. Uncheck the box next to Load results.
2. Load the bumper_deck.key file for the model.
3. Click Yes in the pop-up message that appears.

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Using the Animation Controls - HV-1010
In this tutorial you will learn how to:
• Animate a file
• Use the Animations Control panel
• Use the LoadCase Selector
• View the model on full screen and animate the model

Tools
To animate and control the animation rate of your model:

• Click on the Animate Start/Stop button or on the Animation Controls button

.
Or
• Select Animate/Animation Controls from Page menu

Animation Controls panel for transient

You can animate a result file in HyperView by clicking on the Animate Start/Stop button .
Based on the analysis type, you can animate a model using the Transient, Modal, or Linear Static.
You can also control the rate of the animation through the Animation Control panel.

Exercise: Controlling the Animation

This exercise uses the file bumper_deck.key and the corresponding d3plot.

Step 1: Animate the models by clicking the Transient animation button.

1. Click the Load model panel button, on the toolbar.

2. Load the files bumper_deck.key located in
<install_directory>\Altair\hw8.0\demos\mv_hv_hg\animation\dyna\bumper\b
umper_deck.key, and the corresponding d3plot located in
<install_directory>\Altair\hw8.0\tutorials\mv_hv_hg\animation\truck\d3p
lot for model and result files.

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3. Click the Animate Start/Stop button, , to animate the window.
4. Click the button again to stop the animation.
5. Click on the triangle next to the button and note the various animation types available.

Animation Types

A brief description of each animation type is given below:

Transient Displays the model in its time step positions as calculated by the analysis
code.

Linear Creates and displays an animation sequence starting with the original
position of the model and ending with the fully deformed position. An
appropriate number of frames are linearly interpolated between the first and
last positions.

Modal Creates and displays an animation sequence starting and ending with the
model’s original position. The deforming frames are calculated based on a
sinusoidal function.

Step 2: Animate from time zero to 0.04.

1. Click the Animation Controls button, .

2. Click the Current time first arrow , to display the page at time 0.
3. Move the Animate end slider to the time 0.04.
4. Move the slider bar under Speed: to slow down the animation.
5. Animate the model.
Note the model animates between 0 and 0.04.
6. Stop the animation.

7. Click the Animate End forward arrow until the slider bar reaches the end of the animation.

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8. Change the animation type to Linear Static and note the difference in the panel.

Animation Controls panel for linear static

9. Change the animation type back to Transient .

Step 3: Expand the entire graphics area to the HyperView window and animate
data using the animation minibar.
1. From the View menu, select Full Screen for the maximum viewing area possible.
2. From the View menu, select Animation Minibar.
This allows you to control the animation without having to return to the animation control panel,
especially when you are in full screen mode.

Animation minibar

3. Move the animation minibar anywhere on the screen by placing the mouse pointer on the vertical
bars on the left and then dragging the mouse.
4. Animate the model.
5. Increase or decrease the animation speed by clicking the up or down arrows.
6. Stop the animation by clicking the Animate Start/Stop button.
7. Click the right arrow to advance to the next frame or the left arrow to go back to the previous
frame.
8. Manually animate the model by moving the horizontal slider.
9. Drag the red arrow to the left and animate the model.
10. On the left side of the animation minibar, right -click on the vertical bars and select Close to close
the minibar.
11. Deselect Full Screen from the View Menu.

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Step 4: Choose a specific time step using the Load Case and Simulation
Selection dialog.
The active load case and simulation are displayed in the lower right portion of the status bar.

Loadcase Selector

1. Click on the LoadCase Selector located on the right corner of the status bar.
2. Choose Time = 0.03 under Simulation in the dialog.
3. Click OK.
4. Use the Current Time arrows to move through the time steps.
You can also move through loadcases/subcases and modal shapes using this option.

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Controlling the Model View - HV-2000
In this tutorial, you will learn how to:
• Use the view controls
• Use the synchronized view utility

Tools
The view control panel allows you to visually manipulate model graphics, plots, and videos. Click the
aqua bar on the right to hide or display the view controls. The synchronized view panel allows you to
view the model in multiple windows synchronically.

View Controls Synchronized View Controls

The following view controls allow you to manipulate the model view in HyperView.

Rotates the model incrementally. You can set the rotation increment in
degrees using the text box in the center.

Sets a specific model orientation in relation to the global coordinate

system.
The Top, Frt and Lft views can be flipped with the horizontal and vertical
flip buttons.

Zoom in and out on the model to adjust the view. The zoom factor is set
using the Tools menu, Options - Visualization dialog.

Considers the displacement of the model throughout the animation and

scales the view such that the entire displacement can be seen. This is
useful for viewing animations with very large deformations.

Up to two user-defined views can be stored and recalled for each window

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Exercise: Using View Controls
This exercise uses the model file truck.key and the corresponding result file, d3plot.

Step 1: Use the view controls.

1. Load the truck.key model file and the d3plot results file from the truck folder.
2. Click the aqua bar to the right of the view controls to hide the view control buttons.
3. Click the bar again to display the view controls.
4. Change the angle of rotation in the view controls panel from its default value of 15 degrees to 30
degrees by changing the value in the text box.

5. Click the arrow buttons, , , , to rotate the model about the horizontal and vertical axis,
respectively.
Each mouse-click rotates the model by 30 degrees.

6. Click the curved arrow keys, and , to rotate the model about the axis perpendicular to the
plane of the screen.

7. Click the magnifying lens icons, and , to zoom in and out.

8. Click the Lft button to view the model in the Left view

9. Use the Fit button to fit the model to the window.

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10. Click the Animate Start/Stop button to animate the model.
Note that some parts of the animation are outside the window graphics area.
11. Click Fit All Frames to place all the animation frames within the window frame.

12. Click the Animate Start/Stop button to stop the animation.

13. Left-click on M1 to assign the view to memory M1.
14. Click Iso to change the view to Iso.
15. Click the recall key, R1, to recall the view stored in memory M1.

Step 2: Change the Window Layout and load files.

1. Click the Page Layout button .

2. Select the two window layout , and close the dialog.

3. Activate the new window.
4. Load the truck.key and d3plot files in the new window.

Step 3: Change the view in multiple windows simultaneously using

Synchronized View.
1. From the Utilities menu, select Synchronized View to open the View Controls dialog.

2. Click Front View, , to display the front view for the two windows.

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3. Click Iso View and Zoom in and Zoom out to change the view.

4. Click the synchronize window button to view the synchronized windows.

The two windows have the same background color as the windows in the graphic area,
indicating they are synchronized.

5. Click the second window in the pop-up to freeze window 2 .

6. Click the arrow keys to rotate the models.
Only the model in window 1 in the graphics area rotates.
7. Click on the synchronize window button and click on window 2 to synchronize both windows
again.
8. Close the Synchronized View Controls dialog.
You can no longer view both windows synchronically using the view controls.

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Applying Entity Attributes - HV-2010
In this tutorial you will learn how to:
• Use the Entity Attributes panel
• Turn on/off the visibility of model entities
• Change the attributes of the model

Tools
To access the Entity Attributes panel:

• Click on the Entity Attributes panel button on the toolbar.

Or
• Select Entity Attributes from the Graphics menu.

This panel allows you to turn on and off model parts (components, coordinate systems, and groups),
and change their visual properties, such as shading, color, and mesh lines.

Exercise: Using the Entity Attributes Panel

This exercise uses the LS-DYNA input file truck.key and its corresponding results file, d3plot
located in the truck folder.

Step 1: Load the solver input file truck.key for model data.
1. From the menu bar, select File/New to delete the contents of the current Hy perView session.

2. Go to the Load Model panel, .

3. From the Load model file browser, , open the file truck.key from the truck folder.
4. Deactivate the option Load results.
5. Click Apply to load the model file.

Step 2: Load the solver results file d3plot for model data in a second window
on page 1.

1. Create a two-window page layout, .

2. Make window 2 active.
3. From the Load model file browser, open the file d3plot from the truck folder.

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4. Click Apply to load the model data from the results file.

Step 3: Compare the model component names, IDs, and colors in windows 1
and 2.

1. Go to the Entity Attributes panel, .

2. Change the Entity type to ‘Shell’ for the active window, window 2.
The component names are Shell 48, Shell 36, etc.

3. Make window 1 active and review its component list.

See the list of components with shell elements by clicking the + button next to its name in the list.
The component names are Bumper, Rails, etc. These names are specified in the solver input file
that was created in HyperMesh. The models’ colors are also different, but their component ID’s
are not.
4. Right -click on the model title or path name in the lower right corner of the HyperView window.
The Model Properties dialog is displayed and contains information for the data in the active
window.
5. Click OK to close the Model Properties dialog.

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Step 4: Turn on and off groups with the Auto apply mode inactive.
1. Verify that the Auto apply mode is turned off.
2. From the Entity drop-down menu, select Components.
HyperView groups the components based on the element type while loading the model data.
The list contents will vary based on the result type loaded in HyperView.
3. From the list, select Shell.
4. Click Display: Off to turn off the display of all shell elements.
5. Click in the graphics area or click None to clear the selection.
6. Turn off the display of all components with solid elements.
7. From the list, select Shell and then click Display: On to display all components with shell
elements.
8. Click None to turn off the id’s.
9. Click All and then click Display: On to display all of the components.
10. Clear the selection by either clicking in the graphics area or clicking None.

Step 5: Turn on and off components with the Auto apply mode active.
1. Make window 2 active.
2. Turn on the option of Auto apply mode.
When this option is active, the selected option is automatically applied when you select a
component from the screen or from the entity list. The current active option is displayed next to
the Auto apply mode check box.
3. Click on Display: Off.
4. In the graphics area, pick a component on the model.
The component is no longer displayed.
5. Select Shell from the Components list.
The shell components are no longer displayed.
6. Press the SHIFT key and the left mouse button, and drag the mouse in the graphics area, to
create a rectangle enclosing some of the components.
The components inside the window are no longer displayed.
7. Click on Display: On.
The option Auto apply mode is now set to Display On.
8. From the list of Shell components, select Shell 48 and then hold the SHIFT key and select Shell
40.
The components listed between Shell 48 and Shell 40 are now selected and displayed.
9. Click All to display all of the components.

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Step 6: Changing the display attributes and color

1. Click on the Mesh Lines icon .

Three visual modes, Mesh, Shaded, and Opaque, allow you to control line, shading, and opacity
for components.
2. Click on Shell from the entity list.

3. Click on the Transparent mode icon .

4. In the graphics area of the active window, click on the truck bed.

5. Click on one of the colors from the color palette.

The color palette allows you to apply a different color to a component.
The materials list allows you to apply a material to a component to define the behavior of its
reflected and emitted light.
6. Click on one of the truck tires.
The selected color is applied to the tire.

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Using the Model Browser - HV-2020
In this tutorial, you will learn how to:
• Turn components on and off from the Model Browser
• Change the display style and attributes from the Model Browser

Tools
To access the Model Browser:
• Select Browser from the View menu.

The Model Browser displays the contents of the current model such as assemblies, parts, systems,
and groups in a tree-like structure. It allows you to change the attributes of individual entities, and
also control which entities appear in the model display.

Exercise: Using the Model Browser

This exercise uses the model file, truck.key and the corresponding d3plot file as the results file.

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Step 1: Turning components on and off from the Model Browser.
1. Load the truck.key model file and the d3plot results file from the truck folder.
2. From the View menu select Browser.
3. Right -click on Line and select Collapse All.

4. Right -click on Solid and select Show Only.

Only solid elements are displayed in the graphics area.

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5. Expand the tree under Solid by clicking the ‘+’ icon.
6. Turn off SOLID: ENGINE-GEARBOX (ID 8), by deactivating the check box.
The component is no longer displayed in the graphics area.

7. Right -click on SOLID: ENGINE-GEARBOX (ID 8) and s elect Show.

The component is turned back on.

Step 2: Changing the display style and attributes from the Model Browser.
1. Right -click on the Style icon for SOLID: ENGINE-GEARBOX (ID 8).
2. Select one of the modes from the display Style pop-up menu.

3. Left-click, and continue left-clicking, on the Style icon for SOLID: ENGINE-GEARBOX (ID 8).

The display for this component cycles through the various styles.
4. Right -click on the color box for SOLID: ENGINE-GEARBOX (ID 8).
5. Select a color from the color palette.
The color of the component is changed.

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Masking Elements - HV-2030
In this tutorial, you will learn how to:
• Mask elements and components
• Unmask elements and components

Tools
To access the Mask panel:

• Click the Mask panel button on the toolbar.

Or
• Select Mask from the Graphics menu.

The Mask panel allows you to mask elements, components, and systems to reduce the number of
entities displayed on the screen.

Exercise: Using the Mask Panel

This exercise uses the model file, truck.key and the corresponding d3plot file as the results file.

Step 1: Masking and Unmasking elements using the graphics area.

1. Load the truck.key model file and the d3plot results file from the truck folder.

2. Click the Mask panel button on the toolbar.

3. Verify that the entity input collector is set to Elements.
4. Under Action, verify that the Mask option is turned on.
5. Press the SHIFT key and the left mouse button, and drag the mouse in the graphics area, to draw
a window over a specific area of the model.
6. Release the mouse button.
The elements that were chosen, using the quick window selection mode, are masked and are no
longer displayed on the screen.
7. Under Action, turn on the Unmask option.

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8. Press the SHIFT key and the left mouse button, and drag the mouse in the graphics area, to draw
a window over the area of the model where the elements are currently masked.
9. Release the mouse button.
The elements enclosed in the window are unmasked.
10. Click the Unmask All button, to unmask all elements of the model.
11. Change the entity input collector from Elements to Components.
12. Turn the Mask option back on.
13. In the graphics area, pick the truck bed and the right rear tire of the model.
14. Click the Mask Selected button.

15. Press the SHIFT key and the left mouse button, and drag the mouse in the graphics area, to draw
a window over a specific area of the model.
16. Release the mouse button.
The components enclosed in the window are masked.
Note: You can also use the quick window selection mode to choose alternate selection
methods.
17. Turn the Unmask option back on.
18. Press the SHIFT key and the left mouse button, and drag the mouse in the graphics area, to draw
a window over the area of the model where the elements are currently masked.
Upon release of the mouse button, the masked components enclosed in the window are
unmasked.
19. Click the Unmask All button, to unmask all selected components.
Note: When you load more than one model using the Overlay option, the Apply to all
models option is made available. This option allows you to mask entities across all
models when activated. If the Apply to all models option is not activated, the mask is
applied only to the active model.

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Step 2: Masking elements using the entity input collector.
1. Under Action, turn the Mask option back on.
2. Verify that the entity input collector is set to Components.
3. In the graphics area, pick the roof of the truck.
4. Click on Components, to access the extended entity selection menu.

5. Select By Attached from the selection list.

6. Click the Mask Selected button.

7. Click the Reject button.

The masked components are rejected and unmasked.

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Creating Groups - HV-2040
In this tutorial, you will learn how to:
• Create a group of components
• Import and export created groups
• View the components of a group

Tools
To access the Create Groups panel:

• Click the Create Groups panel button on the toolbar.

Or
• Select Groups from the Graphics menu.

The Create Groups panel allows you to create groups of components, elements, or nodes from the
active model that is displayed.

Exercise: Using the Create Groups Panel

This exercise uses the d3plot file as both the model and the results file.

Step 1: Create and export a group of components.

1. Load the d3plot file from the truck folder.

2. Click the Create Groups panel button on the toolbar.

3. Click Add, to add a group.
4. Double click on Group 2, and rename it truck 1.
5. Click OK.
6. Verify that the Selection option is set to Components.
7. In the graphics area, pick the truck bed and the rear tire of the model.

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8. Click Add to Group.
The chosen entities are added to the group truck 1.
Observe that the feature lines of the chosen components are the same color as the color that is
displayed in the Color box, in the panel area.
9. Add another Group, and rename it truck 2.
10. Pick the side door and the roof of the truck.

11. Click on the Color box, , and select the color red from the color pallet.
12. Click Add to Group.
Observe the difference in the feature lines of the components in the group truck 2.
13. Click Export, to export the created groups.

14. Enter groups.txt as the file name.

15. Click Save.

Step 2: Import a created group.

1. From the File Menu, select New to start a new HyperView session.
Answer Yes to the question "This operation will discard current data and copy/paste buffer.
Continue?".
2. Load the d3plot results file from the truck folder.
3. Go to the Create Groups panel.

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4. Click Import, to import a saved group.
5. Select the groups.txt file.
6. Click Open.
Observe that both the truck 1 and truck 2 groups are imported.
Activating either of the check boxes will display the components, feature lines, and colors of each
group on the screen accordingly.

Step 3: Viewing the components in a group from the entity attributes panel.

1. Click the Entity Attributes panel button on the toolbar.

2. Verify that the Entity type is set to Components.
3. Verify that the Auto apply mode is turned on.
4. Click Display: Off.
5. Click All, to turn off the display of all the components listed (Line, Shell, and Solid).
6. Change the Entity type to Groups, by selecting Groups from the Entity drop-down menu.

7. Click Display: On.

8. Select the groups’ truck 1 and truck 2.

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Using Keyboard Shortcuts and Function Keys - HV-2050
In this tutorial, you will learn to:
• Use Keyboard Shortcuts in HyperView
• Use Function Keys for all the Desktop Applications

Tools
Keyboard Shortcuts allow you to control the way the model is displayed, its views, and the animation
without having to go to the specific panels. These shortcuts become active once you have clicked in
the graphics area.
Function Keys (F1-F12) allow you to access commonly used functionalities through the keyboard.
This is common for all HyperWorks Desktop applications. You can also assign Tcl macros to "empty"
function keys.

Exercise: Using Keyboard Shortcuts

This exercise uses the result file, d3plot.

Step 1: Using Keyboard Shortcuts to change the view and attributes.

1. Load the file, d3plot from the truck folder.
2. Click in the graphic area of the screen.
3. Use the arrow keys on the keyboard to rotate the model.
4. With the ‘H’ key on the keyboard pressed, click on the tire and the truck bed to turn them off.
5. Press ‘T’ on the keyboard to turn transparency settings on.
6. Press ‘L’ to turn on the feature lines.
7. Press ‘M’ to turn on the mesh lines.
8. Press the ‘+’ and ‘-‘ sign to zoom in and out respectively.
9. Press the ‘F’ key to fit the model to the screen.

10. Press ‘M’ again to turn off the mesh lines.

Except for ‘F’ and ‘H’, all keyboard shortcuts can be toggled on and off.

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Step 2: Using Keyboard Shortcuts to control the animation of a model
1. Press ‘Insert’ to start the animation.
2. Press ‘Delete’ to stop the animation.
3. Press ‘Home’ to go to the first step of the animation.
4. Press ‘End’ to go to the last step of the animation.
5. Press ‘Page Down’ to move to the next frame.
6. Press ‘Page Up’ to move to the previous frame.

Step 3: Using Function Keys

1. Press ‘F1’ to open help.
2. Close the help Window.
3. Press ‘SHIFT’+ ‘F3’ to add a new page.

4. Go to the previous page, by clicking the previous page button on the toolbar.
5. Press ‘SHIFT’+’F8’ to add windows.
6. Press ‘SHIFT’+’F7’ to reduce the number of Windows.
The image below shows the remaining options available for function keys.

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Contouring Results - HV-3000
In this tutorial, you will learn how to:
• Create a stress contour on all components
• Create a contour on specific elements using stress results
• Create an averaged stress contour and generate iso surfaces
• Contour vector and tensor results resolved in different coordinate systems
• Edit the legend

Tools
To access the Contour panel:

• Click the Contour panel button on the toolbar.

Or
• Select Contour from the Graphics menu.

The Contour panel allows you to contour a model and graphically visualize the results. In the
Contour panel you can view vector, tensor, or scalar type results.

Exercise: Using the Contour Panel

This exercise uses the model file, bullet_local.op2.

Step 1: Create a Stress contour on all components.

1. Load the file, bullet_local.op2.

2. Click the Contour panel button on the toolbar.

3. Verify that the Components input collector is active under Selection.
4. Select Stress(t) as the result type and vonMises as the data component.
5. Select Z1 for Entity with Layers.
The options for Entity with Layers are:
Max displays the maximum values between layers Z1 and Z2.
Min displays the minimum values between layers Z1 and Z2.
Extreme displays the maximum absolute values among the layers for each entity.
Z1/Z2 displays the layers for thick shells. These will vary based on the solver type.

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6. Verify that Resolved in is set to Analysis System and that the Averaging method is set to
None.
7. Click Apply.
By default, the results are applied to all the model components displayed on the screen.
You can also select individual components from the model.

Step 2: Create a contour on specific elements using stress results.

1. Change the active input collector from Components to Elements.
2. In the graphics area, pick a few elements on the model.
3. Click Apply.
4. Press the SHIFT key and the left mouse button, and drag the mouse in the graphics area, to draw
a window over a specific area of the model.
The contour is applied to the elements that were chosen using the quick window mode.
This can be done for other entity types also.

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5. Under Selection, click on Elements and choose All from the pop up selection window.
Note: If your solver supports corner data, Use corner data can be activated in order to view
corner results.
6. Click Apply.

Step 3: Create an averaged stress contour and generate iso surfaces.

1. Change the Averaging Method to Simple.
2. Click Apply.
3. Click Show Iso Value.
The color bands reflect the band settings for the legend.

4. Click in the graphics area and press ‘T’ on the keyboard.

This allows you to view the iso surface while seeing the model in transparent mode.
5. Press ‘T’ again to turn off transparency.
6. Click Clear Contour.

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Step 4: Contour vector and tensor results resolved in different coordinate
systems.
For vector and tensor results, you can transform the results to a different coordinate system.
1. Select Displacement (v) as the result type and X as the data component.
2. Select the Analysis coordinate system.
3. Click Apply.
4. Change Resolved in to Global System (proj: none).
5. Click Apply.

Analysis system Global system

6. Clear the contour.
7. Change the result type to Stress (t) with vonMises as the data component.
8. Under Resolved in select User System (proj: none).
9. Click Projection Rule, select Projection (use projected axis as Sxx), and click OK.
The current system changes to Use r System (proj: x, y).
10. Click on System and then click on By ID.
11. Enter ‘2’ to choose the second user defined system.

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12. Click Apply.

13. Close the dialog box.

14. Click Apply.

Step 5: Edit the legend.

1. Click Edit Legend to open the Edit Legend dialog.
2. Click on 4.603E+01 and change the value to 45.0.
The numbers will automatically interpolate and change in the preview window.
3. Click Apply.
Observe the legend changes in the graphics screen.
4. Click Default to return to the default settings.
5. Click OK to close the dialog.

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Viewing Deformed Shapes - HV-3010
In this tutorial, you will learn how to:
• Apply a scale factor for a deformed shape and animation

Tools
To access the Deformed panel:

• Click the Deformed panel button on the toolbar.

Or
• Select Deformed from the Graphics menu.

The Deformed panel allows you to specify parameters for deformation display. You can use this
function to see the motion of your model after analysis. You can display the original structure and the
deformed shape to see the total amount of movement, or view the deformed shape by itself. You can
also create an animation sequence of the structure’s movement that shows the motion of the
structure in a series of frames, based on what the analysis code has predicted the model will do.

Exercise: Using the Deformed Panel

This exercise uses the file, deformed.mvw.

Step 1: Deform a model and observe the animation.

1. From the File menu, open deformed.mvw.

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2. Select the Deformed panel from the toolbar .
3. Select Displacement (v) as the result type.
4. Select Model percent for the scale.
This scales the maximum displacement as a percentage of the model size. This percentage is
entered in the Value field.
5. Select Uniform to scale the model uniformly in the X, Y, and Z directions.
6. Change the value to 10.
7. Click Apply.

8. Animate the model .

Various stages of modal animation.

9. Stop the animation.

10. Open the Animation Controls panel .

11. Change the Angle Increment to 10.
12. Return to the Deformed panel.
13. Select Component as the scaling type.
This option allows you to scale X, Y, and Z directions separately.
14. Enter:
0 for X
0 for Y
20 for Z

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15. Click Apply.
16. Animate the model.
The animation is exaggerated in the Z direction only.

Various stages of animation in the Z direction.

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Viewing Iso Values - HV-3020
In this tutorial, you will learn how to:
• View multiple iso values in the Contour panel
• View a single iso value in the Iso Value panel using Contour panel settings
• View iso values using displacement results

Tools
To access the Iso Value panel:

• Click the Iso Value panel button on the toolbar.

Or
• Select Iso Value from the Graphics menu.

The Iso surfaces can be viewed from the Contour panel as well as the Iso Value panel. Choosing
Show Iso Value from the Contour Panel will allow you to view the iso surfaces according to the
contour legend settings for the applied result type. On the other hand, the Iso Value panel allows you
to automatically mask elements based on a user defined value for the result type that is applied in the
panel. By using the option Use Contour Settings in the Iso Value Panel, you can view the iso
surfaces for the results as applied in the Contour panel.

Exercise: Using the Iso Value Panel

This exercise uses the model file, bullet_local.op2.

Step 1: Viewing iso surfaces from the Contour panel.

1. Load the file, bullet_local.op2.

2. Select the Contour panel from the toolbar .

3. Contour the model for vonMises stresses, using Simple averaging.

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4. Click Apply.

5. Click Show Iso Value, to view the iso surfaces, while remaining in the Contour panel.

6. Click Clear Iso Value to return to the original shape.

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Step 2: Viewing iso surfaces in the Iso Value panel using Contour settings.
After you have created a contour of a model, you can view a single iso surface in the Iso Value
panel.

1. Select the Iso Value panel from the toolbar .

2. Click Use Contour Settings to use the settings that you previously entered in the Contour
panel.
3. Under Display Options, verify Show is set to Above.
4. Click Apply.

- Show the model above the iso values and adjust the view using the slider bar.
5. Move the slider bar under Current value to change the iso value of interest.
6. Click in the graphics area and press ‘T’ on the keyboard.
A transparent view of the part of the model that is excluded from the iso surface is displayed.
7. Press ‘T’ again to turn off transparent view.
8. Clear the iso values from the model.

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Step 3: View iso values using displacement results.
1. Change the Result type to Displacement (v).
2. For Current Value enter 2.468e-06 and press ENTER.
3. Click Apply.

You are viewing the contour in stresses, but the iso is operated using displacements. The
movement of the slider bar is controlling the displacement result values while the stresses are
displayed on the iso surfaces.

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Editing Legends - HV-3030
In this tutorial, you will:
• Edit the legend format
• Edit legend colors
• Save legend settings for future use

Tools
To access the Edit Legend dialog:
• Click the Edit Legend button in the Contour, Vector Plot, or Tensor Plot panel.

The Edit Legend dialog allows you to change the color band, format, and descriptions for legends.

Exercise: Edit the Legend and save the settings

This exercise uses the d3plot file as both the model and the results file.

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Step 1: Edit the legend format.

1. Load the file, d3plot from the truck folder .

2. Create a vonMises stress contour using the Contour panel .

3. Click Apply.

4. Animate the model .

Observe the changes in the legend.

5. Select the Animation Controls panel from the toolbar .

6. Slow down the speed of the animation.
7. Stop the animation.
8. Return to the Contour panel.
9. Click Edit Legend.
10. Change the legend type to Dynamic scale.
The legend values automatically change in the preview window.
11. Change the legend position to Lower left and click Apply.
The legend moves to the new position.
12. Close the Edit Legend dialog.
13. Animate the model.
Observe the legend updates for each time step.
14. Stop the animation.
15. Open the Edit Legend dialog.
16. Experiment with the following:
- Change the numeric format.
- The format automatically changes in the legend box.
- Change the numeric precision
- Change the number of levels.
- The number of color bands in the legend box automatically changes.

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 - Activate the Reverse levels check box.
The values are reversed in the legend box. The lowest value is now red; the highest is now
blue.

Original levels Reversed levels

17. Change the legend type to Fixed scale.

18. Click on a number in the legend box and enter a new value.
19. Press ENTER.
20. The edited value is displayed in bold font. The remaining values linearly interpolate.
21. Add a header and footer to the legend.
- Activate the Header check box and enter text in the text box.

- Click the font button and change the font type and size.
- Click OK.
- Activate the Footer check box and enter text in the text box.

- Click the font button and change the font type and size.
- Click OK.
- Click Apply to add the legend header and footer to the legend on the screen.

Step 2: Edit legend colors.

1. Change the color of a legend band.
- Click on a color band.
- Select a new color.
- Click OK.
- Change another color.

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2. Interpolate colors between two color bands.
- Click Interpolate.
- Click on the first changed color.
- Click on a second changed color.
The colors between the two selected colors are interpolated.
3. Click Apply.
The new color scheme is applied to the model.

Original colors Two changed colors Interpolated colors

Step 3: Save legend settings for future use.

Once you have completed your legend settings, you can save them for future use. Items that can be
saved are listed in the Save options section.

1. Activate the check boxes for the attributes you want to save.
2. Click Save.
3. Designate a file name and path.
Files are saved in Tcl format.

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4. Click Save.
5. Click Default to return to the default settings.
6. Click Apply.
7. Click Open to open the saved file and load the previously determined legend settings.
The contour colors and legend are retrieved just as you saved them.

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Viewing Vector Plots - HV-3040
In this tutorial, you will learn how to:
• View vector plots with displacement results
• Apply display options for vector viewing

Tools
To access the Vector Plot panel:

• Click the Vector Plot panel button on the toolbar.

Or
• Select Vector from the Graphics menu.

The Vector Plot panel allows you to create vector plots that can be used to display any vector data
associated to nodes. Examples include displacement, velocity, and acceleration.

Exercise 1: Using the Vector Plot Panel

This exercise uses the model file, bullet_local.op2.

Step 1: View vector by component direction.

1. Load the file, bullet_local.op2.

2. Select the Vector Plot panel from the toolbar .

3. Select Displacement (v) as the result type.
4. Verify that the check boxes for the X, Y, and Z components are checked.
5. Verify that Selection is set to Nodes.
6. Change the Resolved in system type from Analysis to Global.
7. Under Display options select Uniform for Size scaling, Components for Show, and Direction
for Color by.
8. Select nodes by either of the following methods:
• In the graphics area, pick a few nodes on the model.
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 • Use the quick window selection mode. Press the SHIFT key and the left mouse button, and
drag the mouse in the graphics area, to draw a window over a specific area of the model.
Or
• Select nodes by collector type.

9. Click Apply.

Vectors based on direction.

Step 2: View vector by values.

1. Under Display options select Value for Color by.

Color vectors based on value.

2. Select Show: Resultant.

The vectors are displayed in resultant direction and their value corresponds to the colors in the
legend.

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Viewing Tensor Plots - HV-3050
In this tutorial, you will learn how to:
• Plot and view tensors
• Select a projection rule for stress transformation and averaging to nodes

Tools
To access the Tensor Plot panel:

• Click the Tensor Plot panel button on the toolbar.

Or
• Select Tensor from the Graphics menu.

The Tensor Plot panel allows you to view tensor plots of stress and strain directions and magnitudes
from elemental values.

Exercise: Using the Tensor Plot Panel

This exercise uses the model file, bullet_local.op2.

Step 1: Viewing tensors in the analysis system.

1. Load the file, bullet_local.op2.

2. Select the Tensor panel from the toolbar .

3. Click in the graphics area and press ‘M’ on the keyboard to display the mesh.

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4. For Result type select Stress (t).
5. For Entity with layers select Z1.
6. Verify that Selection is set to Elements for the active entity type.
7. Verify that Resolved in is set to Analysis System.
8. Change the Tensor format to Component.
9. Verify that Color by is set to Value, to view the tensors by values.
10. Select elements either by collector type or pick them directly from the screen using the quick
window selection mode.

11. Select Color by: Direction and view the direction of the vectors.
The legend changes to a category legend to reflect the colors of the directions.

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Step 2: Viewing tensors in the global system.
1. Change the coordinate system to the global system.
2. Select a projection rule to calculate in-plane stresses.
- Click Projection Rule.
- Select Projection (use projected axis as Sxx) to activate the axis options.
The projection rule status is designated next to the coordinate system type in the Resolved
in drop-down menu. By default, no projection rule is applied.
- For the primary axis, select the axis you want to project to the plane of the shell
elements.
There are six possible combinations of axes.
If the primary axis is normal to the shell plane, the secondary axis is automatically used.
- Click OK to accept the settings and close the dialog.
3. Click Apply to transform all the stress tensors to the global direction using the projection rule.

4. Activate Average at node.

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5. Click Apply to average the stress tensor to the nodes.
Observe that the vectors are located at the nodes.

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Transforming and Averaging Stresses - HV-3060
In this tutorial, you will learn how to:
• Use various averaging methods for elemental stress
• Transform your results

Tools
• The Averaging method can be selected from the Contour panel.

Averaging of elemental results at a node refers to the average of all the element corner results
passing through that node. If no corner results are available for an element, centroidal results will be
used calculate the average. This option allows you to change the results from being element bound
to being nodal bound. The various averaging options are Simple, Advanced, and Difference.

Exercise: Transforming and Averaging Stresses

This exercise uses the bd03bk2.op2 file as both the model and the results file.

Step 1: Contouring the model results.

1. Load the file, bd03bk2.op2.

2. Select the Mask panel from the toolbar .

3. Verify that the Entities input collector is set to Elements.

4. Click on Elements, and then select By ID.

5. Enter the following element ID’s into the text box: 108, 16, 12, 107.

6. Click Apply.

7. Click on the Reverse button.

8. Click in the graphics area and press ‘F’ on the keyboard, to fit the model to the active window.

9. Select the Contour panel from the toolbar .

10. For Result type, select Stress (t) and vonMises.

11. Set Entity with layers to Z1.

12. Activate the Use Corner Data option.

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13. Verify that the Averaging Method option is set to None.

14. Verify that Resolved in is set to Analysis System .

15. Click Apply.

Observe the discontinuities in the contour around the node that is shared by all four elements.

Step 2: Averaging the elemental stresses using various averaging methods.

1. Change the Averaging Method to Simple.

2. Click Apply.

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 Note that the discontinuities around the node no longer exist, and you now are able to view the
contour as bands.
Simple averaging means that tensor and vector components are extracted and the invariants are
computed prior to averaging.

3. Change the Averaging Method to Advanced .

4. Verify that Resolved In is set to Global System (proj: none).

5. Click on the Projection Rule button, and turn on Projection (use projected axis as Sxx).
6. Click OK.
The Resolved in system automatically changes to Global System (proj: x, y).

7. Click Apply.

Advanced averaging means that tensor (or vector) results are transformed into a consistent
system, and then each component is averaged separately to obtain an average tensor (or vector).
8. Activate the Variation option, and enter 80 into the percentage box.

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9. Click Apply.

The variation is the relative difference at a node, with respect to all nodes in the selected
components.

10. Change the Averaging method to Difference.

11. Click Apply.

This option displays the difference between the maximum and minimum corner results at a node.
For tensor/vector components, the corresponding components from each element corner are
extracted and the difference is calculated. For invariants, the corresponding invariants are
computed from each element corner and then the difference is calculated.

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Creating Derived Loadcases - HV-3070
In this tutorial, you will learn how to:
• Create a derived loadcase from existing loadcases
• Animate a derived loadcase

Tools
To access the derived loadcase utility:
• Select Create and Edit Derived Loadcases from the Utilities menu.

This utility allows you to create new loadcases, referred to as derived loadcases, using existing
loadcases and simulation steps. Derived loadcases are saved to the session file.

Exercise: Creating Derived Loadcases

This exercise uses the model file brake_disc_complete.inp and the corresponding results file
brake_disc_complete.odb.

Step 1: Create a derived loadcase.

1. Load the model file brake_disc_complete.inp and the results file
brake_disc_complete.odb.
2. From the Utilities menu, select Create and Edit Derived Loadcases.
3. Verify that the Create from simulation list option is turned on.

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4. From the drop-down menu, select Dummy_step:Dummy step.

5. Select both Increment 0 and Increment 1.

6. Click on the Append button.

7. From the drop-down menu, select CONTACT_STEP:Nonlinear contact step- Press brake pad
against disc.
8. Append all of the Increments in the list to the new loadcase.
9. Click on the Rename button.
10. Type New Loadcase into the New Label dialog and click OK.
11. Click Close.

Step 2: Animating the derived loadcase.

1. From the Graphics menu, select the Select Load Case option .
2. Under Load Case, verify that New Loadcase is selected.
The new loadcase has all of the time steps from the two combined loadcases.

3. Under Simulation, select Increment 0: Base State .

4. Click OK.

5. Animate the model .

The model animates through all of the combined time steps.
6. Stop the animation.

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Querying Results - HV-4000
In this tutorial, you will learn how to:
• Query contoured results

Tools
To access the Query panel:

• Click the Query panel button on the toolbar.

Or
• Select Query from the Graphics menu.

The Query panel allows you to view and export properties, as well as other information, for all nodes,
elements, components, and systems contained in the active model. Once the model has been
contoured, you can also access the Query panel directly from the Contour panel by clicking on the
Query Results button.

Exercise: Using the Query Panel

This exercise uses the model file, truck.key and the corresponding d3plot file as the results file.

Step 1: Contouring the model and querying the results.

1. Load the truck.key model file and the d3plot results file from the truck folder.

2. Select the Contour panel from the toolbar .

3. Contour the model for vonMises stresses.
4. Click Apply.

5. Animate the model .

6. Stop the animation.

7. Select the Query panel from the toolbar .

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8. Verify that the entity input collector is set to Elements.

9. Deactivate all items in the Option list except for the following four items: Element ID, Contour
value (Stress), Load Case, and Simulation Step.
10. In the graphics area, pick a few elements on the model.

Observe the table in the panel shows the element id, the corresponding contour value, the load
case, and the simulation step for each of the selected elements.

11. Return to the Contour panel .

12. From the Averaging method drop-down menu, select Simple.
13. Click Apply.
14. Click on the Query Results button, located in the lower right hand corner of the Contour panel.
You are taken directly to the Query panel.
15. Verify that the entity input collector is set to Nodes.
Once the results are averaged, the values become nodal based and are no longer elemental
based. This change is reflected in the Query panel entity input collector.
16. Deactivate all items in the Option list except for the following four items: Node ID, Contour
value (Stress), Load Case, and Simulation Step.
17. In the graphics area, pick a few nodes on the model.

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18. Click on the Export button, and save the table as query.csv.

The Export option allows you to save the data that you have queried as a .csv file, which can
then be used for further study, preventing the need to query the same data again.

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Performing Advanced Queries - HV-4010
In this tutorial, you will learn how to:
• Query results based on a contour value
• Create groups of the queried entities

Tools
To access the Advanced Query dialog:
• Click the Advanced button from the Query Panel menu.

The Advanced Query panel allows you to query components, elements, and nodes based on a value
in the legend of an applied contour. This allows you to filter your model to display entities of interest
for the contour that you have applied. You can also create groups of the data that you have queried,
thereby preventing the need to query the same data multiple times.

Exercise: Using the Contour Panel

This exercise uses the model file, truck.key and the corresponding d3plot file as the results file.

Step 1: Contour the model.

1. Load the truck.key model file and the d3plot results file from the truck folder.

2. Select the Contour panel from the toolbar .

3. Contour the model for vonMises stresses.
4. Click Apply.

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5. Animate the model .
6. Stop the animation.

7. Select the Animation Controls panel from the toolbar .

8. Use the Current time slider bar to display the time 0.034996.

Step 2: Using the Advanced Query dialog to query results.

1. Select the Query panel from the toolbar .

2. Click on the Advanced button, located in the lower right corner of the Query panel.
3. Verify that the User defined option is turned on.
4. Verify that the Apply to options are set to All and Components.
5. For Value, verify that >= is selected, and enter 400 into the text box.
6. Verify that the Warning Threshold option is activated, and enter 80 into the text box.
This option allows you to view entities that are in the range above the threshold value, which is
determined by the numerical percent that you have entered. In this case the threshold value will
be 320, as it is 80% of 400, and the table will show the values in the range between 320 and 400
in blue.
7. Verify that Loadcase is set to Current Simulation.

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8. Click Apply.

9. Click on 5.324E+02, which is the first value located in the Max Value column.
The graphics area will show all of the components that are listed in the table, as well as the
location of the element with the highest maximum value.

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10. Click on other values in the Max Value column, and observe the graphics area.
The component with the element that has the maximum value that you selected will be displayed.

Step 3: Creating and viewing a group of queried entities.

1. Click on the first value in the Max Value column (5.324E+02).
2. Click on Create Group.
3. Enter vonMises>=400 into the Group Label dialog.

4. Click OK.
5. Close the Advanced Query dialog.

6. Select the Entity Attributes panel from the toolbar .

7. Verify that the Auto Apply Mode option is activated.
8. Click Display: Off.
9. Click All.
10. Select Groups from the Entity drop-down menu.
11. Click Display: On.
12. Click on vonMises>=400.
The components in the group are displayed on the screen.

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Creating Section Cuts - HV-5000
In this tutorial, you will learn how to:
• Create a section cut along a plane
• Create multiple section cuts along different planes
• Create a deformable section cut

Tools
To access the Section Cut panel:

• Click the Section Cut panel button on the toolbar.

Or
• Select Section Cut from the Graphics menu.

The Section Cut panel allows you to cut planar or deformable sections through a model, so you can
view the details inside a model.

Exercise: Using the Section Cut Panel

This exercise uses the model file, truck.key and the corresponding d3plot file as the results file.

Step 1: Create a section cut along a plane.

1. Load the model file truck.key and the d3plot results file from the truck folder.

2. Select the Section Cut panel from the toolbar .

3. Verify that Define plane is set to Y Axis.
4. Verify that Display Options has the Cross section option turned on.

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5. Click Add.
A cross section band is displayed on the screen.

6. Move the slider bar under Define plane to view the cross section at
different locations on the model.

7. Move the Cross section slider bar to adjust the width of the cross section.

8. Turn on the Clipping plane option.

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9. Click the Reverse button, to view the opposite side of the section cut.

10. Click in the graphics area and press ‘T’ on the keyboard, to view the model in transparent mode.
11. Press ‘L’ to view the feature lines.
12. Press ‘T’ and ‘L’ again to turn off transparent and feature line views.

Step 2: Create and view multiple section cuts.

1. Add another section cut.
2. Select X Axis for the plane.
3. Verify that the Clipping plane option is turned on.
4. Click Apply, to create a section cut in the X direction, with respect to the previously made section
in the Y direction.
5. Reverse the clipping plane to view the other side of the section cut.
6. Turn on transparency.

7. Use the slider bar under Define plane to increase or decrease the clipped section.

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Step 3: Create a deformable section cut.

1. Animate the model .

2. Select the Animation Controls panel from the toolbar .

3. Slow down the speed of the animation.

4. Return to the Section Cut panel , and observe the animation of the model.
The model appears to be passing through a plane that has been defined at the point where the
section was created. This is due to the fact that this is a Planar section cut, therefore the plane
of the model does not move with the model.
5. Stop the animation.
6. Use the Load Case And Simulation Selector to select the first time step.
7. Click OK.
8. Under Deform mode, turn on the Deformable option.
9. Click Apply, to view a deformable section cut.
HyperView remembers the location of your reference cut. The section cut is deformed relative to
the time listed in the Time column. At the time you create the deformable section cut, the cut
remains planar. When you animate, the section cut starts deforming.
10. Animate the model and observe the section cut.
Note that in this case, the sectional plane moves with the model.

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Using Exploded View - HV-5010
In this tutorial, you will:
• Perform an automatic explosion
• Translate a part
• Translate a portion of the model
• Explode the model from the selection center
• Explode the model from the model center

Tools
To access the Exploded View panel:

• Click the Exploded View panel button on the toolbar.

Or
• Select Exploded View from the Graphics menu.

The Exploded View panel allows you to explode models so you can adjust your view of the model.

Exercise: Using the Exploded View Panel

This exercise uses the d3plot file as both the model and the results file.

Step 1: Perform an automatic explosion.

1. Load the file, 3dplot from the truck folder.

2. Click the Contour panel button on the toolbar.

3. Contour the model.
- Select Stress (t) for the result type and vonMises for the data component.
- Select Simple averaging using the analysis system.
- Click Apply.

4. Select the Exploded View panel .

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5. Activate the Automatic Explosion radio button.
The model automatically explodes based on pre-defined settings for center of gravity, direction,
and magnitude.

Step 2: Translate a part.

1. Click Add.
2. Pick the truck bed from the model on the screen.
3. Change the Direction to Z Axis.

4. Press for several seconds and observe the movement of the truck bed.
The truck bed is translated upward.

5. Animate the model .

Animation shows the simultaneous movement of the entire exploded model.

6. Stop the animation.

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Step 3: Explode the model from the selection center.
1. Add another explosion.
2. Select Explode from selection center.
3. Use the quick window mode to select the front end of the model.
The front end automatically explodes.

Step 4: Explode the model from the model center

1. Add another explosion.
2. Select Explode from model center.
3. Verify the Scale factor is set to Uniform.

4. Click .
5. Change the Scale factor to Component.
6. Enter:
1 for X
0 for Y
0 for Z

7. Click to move the selected components in X direction only.

You can activate the radio button on the list of exploded views during a presentation. The model
is displayed based on the saved exploded view that is activated.

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Tracking Entities during Animation - HV-5020
In this tutorial, you will learn how to:
• Track an entity during animation
• Contour displacement results relative to a defined tracking system

Tools
To access the Tracking panel:

• Click the Tracking panel button on the toolbar.

Or
• Select Tracking from the Graphics menu.

The Tracking panel allows you to track any entity during an animation with respect to a node, a
plane, or a component.

Exercise: Using the Tracking Panel

This exercise uses the model file, truck.key and the corresponding d3plot file as the results file.

Step 1: Load and animate a file.

1. Load the truck.key model file and the d3plot results file from the truck folder.
2. Choose the left view of the truck, by clicking the Lft button on the View controls panel.
3. Click the Fit All Frames button.
This view considers the displacement of the model throughout the animation and scales the view
such that the entire displacement can be seen in the graphics area of the screen.

4. Animate the model .

5. Open the Animation Controls panel and slow down the animation.
Observe the animation without any tracking system defined. The whole truck moves forward as it
is animated.
6. Stop the animation.

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Step 2: Define a tracking system with respect to a node.

1. Click the Tracking panel button on the toolbar.

2. Click Add, to add a tracking system.
3. Double click on Tracking System 1.
4. Change the name of the system to System 1.
5. Click OK.
6. Verify that the Track option is set to Node.
7. In the graphics area, pick a node located on the top left corner of the truck bed.
8. Animate the model.
Observe how the animation varies, with the tracking system that was created. The truck is
animated with regard to the node that was chosen.
9. Stop the animation.

Step 3: Contour displacement results relative to a defined tracking system.

1. Click the Contour panel button on the toolbar.

2. Verify that Result type is set to Displacement and that the data component is set to Mag.
3. Click Apply.

4. Under System, activate the Use tracking system option .

5. Click Apply.
Observe the changes in the contour, as well as the Legend values that are displayed.

6. Animate the model.

7. Stop the animation.
This allows you to view the selected result with respect to the tracking system that was created.

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Tracing Nodes and Components during Animation - HV-
5030
In this tutorial, you will learn how to:
• Trace a component during animation
• Trace a node during animation

Tools
To access the Tracing panel:

• Click the Tracing panel button on the toolbar.

Or
• Select Tracing from the Graphics menu.

The Tracing panel allows you to trace a node, component, system, or a line during an entire
animation or through selected time steps of an animation.

Exercise: Using the Tracing Panel

This exercise uses the model file, truck.key and the corresponding d3plot file as the results file.

Step 1: Trace a component during the animation.

1. Load the truck.key model file and the d3plot results file from the truck folder.
2. Choose the left view of the truck, by clicking the Lft button on the View controls panel.

3. Click the Tracing panel button on the toolbar.

4. Turn on the Trace component option.
5. Pick the rear tire of the truck.
Or
If you know the ID of the component that you want to trace, you can enter it from the input
collector.
− Click Component and select By ID.
− Enter the ID.
− Click Apply.
− Close the dialog box.

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6. Verify that Tracing Mode is set to From first step.
This allows you to trace the selected component from the first step of the animation through the
time step where you stopped the animation.

7. Animate the model .

8. Stop the animation.
Observe that the rear tire has been traced from the first step of the animation through the time
step where you stopped the animation.

9. Open the Animation Controls panel and change the current time.
Note that the trace changes accordingly.

Step 2: Trace a node during animation.

1. Go back to the Tracing panel.
2. Delete the component that you have traced.
3. Turn on the Trace node option.
4. For Tracing mode, select All steps.
This allows you to trace the node you have chosen from the first time step of the animation
through the last time step of the animation irrespective of where you have stopped the animation.

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5. Pick a node on the tire.
Since you have already animated the model, the node trace is generated automatically.

6. Change the Tracing mode to From first step.

Observe the change in the trace that is generated.
Note: if you only want to trace the last few time steps, change the Tracing mode to Last and
choose the number of time steps in which you are interested.

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Creating Measures for an FEA Model - HV-6000
In this tutorial, you will learn how to:
• View the Minimum and Maximum values of results applied
• Create a Measure group
• Plot a Measure created

Tools
To access the Measure panel:

• Click the Measure panel button on the toolbar .

Or
• Select Measure from the Graphics menu.

The Measure panel allows you to measure the distance between nodes, position of coordinates,
relative displacement, relative angle, and angle between nodes.

Exercise: Using the Measure Panel

This exercise uses the d3plot file as both the model and the results file.

Step 1: Create a measure for the minimum and maximum results.

1. Load the file, d3plot from the truck folder.

2. Select the Contour panel from the toolbar.

3. Contour the model for vonMises stresses using Simple averaging.
4. Click Apply.

5. Animate the model .

6. Stop the animation.

7. Open the Measure panel .

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8. Check Static MinMax Result box.
The minimum and maximum values are displayed across all time steps.

9. Uncheck the Static MinMax Result box.

10. Check the Dynamic MinMax Result box.
The minimum and maximum values are displayed for each time step.
11. Animate the model.
Observe the values change on the screen.
12. Uncheck the Dynamic MinMax Result box.

Step 2: Create a measure for the distance between two nodes.

1. Click Add to create a new Measure Group.
2. Verify that Distance Between is the option for measure type.

3. Verify that the Magnitude and ID boxes are checked.

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4. In the graphics area, pick one node on the roof of the truck and another node at the front end of
the truck.
The distance between the two nodes is displayed.

5. Animate the model.

The distance between the two nodes is updated with the animation.
6. Stop the animation.
7. Uncheck the Measure Group 3 box.

Step 3: Create a measure for nodal results using a live link.

1. Add a measure.
2. Select Nodal result for measure type.
This option becomes available when a contour has been applied.
3. Select two nodes on the screen.
4. Select one of the nodes in the list.

5. Under Create curve, verify that Place curve on is set to Preview Plot.

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6. Click Apply.
7. Close the Plot preview.
8. Select both nodes in the list.
9. Change Place curve on to New Plot.
10. Activate the Live link option.
The Live link option updates the curve as the model is animated.
11. Click Apply.

12. Animate the model.

A cursor moves along each curve.
13. Stop the animation.
14. In the Contour panel change the Result type to Displacement(v) and click Apply.
Observe the change in the plot window.

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15. Animate the model.
The Live link option updates the plot for the new contour applied.

16. Stop the animation.

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Creating Notes - HV-6010
In this tutorial, you will learn how to:
• Edit the model info label
• Create notes
• Use notes to query data

Tools
To access the Notes panel:

• Click the Notes panel button on the toolbar.

Or
• Select Notes from the Graphics menu.

The Notes panel allows you to create, edit, and attach notes to the animation window or to model
entities. This is useful for such purposes as labeling items, describing trends, and relaying additional
information. If you have a contour applied, the notes panel can also be used to query data and
perform math operations using Templex.

Exercise: Using the Notes Panel

This exercise uses the d3plot file as both the model and the results file.

Step 1: Editing the model information label.

1. Load the d3plot file from the truck folder.

2. Click the Contour panel button on the toolbar.

3. Contour the model for vonMises stresses.
4. Click Apply.

5. Animate the model .

6. Stop the animation.

7. Click the Notes panel button on the toolbar.

8. Verify that Attach to is set to Window.

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9. Deactivate the Model Info checkbox, located in the Notes list.
The model information label, located in the top right portion of the graphics area, is no longer
displayed.
10. Activate the Model Info checkbox.
11. In the Description box, delete {window.frame} and {window.simulationstep}.

12. Click Apply.

The frame number and simulation step time are no longer displayed in the model information
label.
13. Select Frame Number from the Field names drop down menu.

14. Click on the Insert Field button.

Observe that {window.frame} is added to the Description box.
15. Select Simulation Title from the Field names list, and insert it.

16. Click Apply.

Step 2: Creating and attaching a note to the window.

1. Click the Add button, to add a note.
2. In the Description box, delete the text Note 2, and enter this note is attached to the
window as the new description.
3. Click Apply.
4. In the graphics area, click on the note and drag it to a different location on the screen.

5. Click on the Color box, , and select the color red from the color palette.
Observe that the text and the border of the note are now red.

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Step 3: Attaching a note to an entity and querying a result.
1. Click Add.
2. For Attach to, select Entity.

3. Change the entity type to Element .

4. In the graphics area, pick an element on the model to attach the note to.
5. Delete the text Note 3, from the Description box.
6. Select Entity contour value from the Field names list, and insert it.
7. Select Contour datatype from the Field names list, and insert it.
8. Click Apply.
The note displays the contour value of the chosen element, as well as the result type that has
been contoured.
9. Enter {{entity.contour_val}/2} into the Description box.
10. Click Apply.
The new value is computed and displayed in the note.

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