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HyperMesh 13.0.110 Release Notes

General
List Selection Length
Compare Tool
Other Enhancements
Resolved Issues

Connectors
ACM (general) Supports Radius for RBE3 Elements
Hexa (adhesive) Seam Discontinuity
Connector Conversion from Spot to Bolt and Vice Versus
Hexa (adhesive – shell gap) Realization for Pam-Crash
Area Connector Midposition Option for Solid Absorption
Trimming of Seam and Area Connectors
Vector Seam for nCode
Bolt (collapsed rigid) for Nastran and OptiStruct
Option for Projecting Hexa Faces to Shells
Bolt Realizations for Abaqus
Improved Quality of Hexa (adhesive) Seam Realizations
Improved Absorption of Hexa (adhesive) Seam-like Realizations
Penta Seam Realization Absorption
Resolved Issues

Geometry
Editing Robustness
Updated CAD Import Version Support
Intergraph
JT Export

Graphics
Scale
Resolved Issues

HyperBeam
New Options
Resolved Issues

HyperMorph
Enhancements
Resolved Issues
Meshing
BatchMesher
Improved and Streamlined Re-mesh Using Geometry
QI Optimized Smoothing
Modify Hole and Washer Tool
Mesh Boolean
Mesh Imprint Anchor Nodes
Resolved Issues

APIs
*createlist List Length
hm_hmgetfileversion
hm_getattachedsolidelemfaces
Resolved Issues

13.0.110 Release Notes - General

List Selection Length

Entity list selections are now unlimited in length.

Compare Tool
• Added the ability to compare 2D FE with assigned thickness and offset to 3D CAD.

• Significant improvements to performance and accuracy.

Other Enhancements
• Added functionality to delete multiple entity collectors in the browser
• Replace selection under the Mesh menu bar is now relocated in Mesh > Edit menu
• Count can now show 9 digits count for nodes and elements
• Ability to clear unresolved ID field in the Entity Editor
• Retain and Equivalence at selection in the Edges panel is now added to the Faces panel
• Browser toolbar separator is added between global display and virtual collector display toolbar

Resolved Issues
• Resolved organization issue where systems without System Collector HM Comments across
different includes were sometimes organized into existing System Collectors from different
include files.
• Vectors exported do not remain in the same collector of an include file on import
• Loads and Systems are now organized along with Parent collector like elements and nodes. The
support will be available from include view browser as well as from the Organize panel.
• Missing contact surfaces on import while using FE Overwrite
• Application crash related to loadstep selection with model that contains large number of
loadsteps
• Resolved an issue related to load interpolation
• RBE3 handling while using Box Trim
• Application crashes while using Display none and Display all icons in the Model browser after
loading a nested include file using import as include option
• Resolved a crash when performing a quality index node optimize operation on a free node
• Material orientation is now correctly duplicated for split and reflected elements
• Entity State browser can now sort by Entity name
• View selection is added to the Create context menu for the Model browser for ANSYS interface
• CORD1R systems orientation for 2nd and 3rd grid is fixed for HyperMesh database files
• Application crash when clicking reject after organizing elements

13.0.110 Release Notes - Connectors

ACM (general) Supports Radius for RBE3 Elements
The spot ACM (general) realization type creates a connection consistent out of RBE3 elements on both
sides of one or more hexa elements. Especially for cases with different mesh sizes it becomes important
to decides, which nodes are considered for the connection dependent on a radius definition instead of
connecting one element per RBE3 only. A definable feature angle is considered as well.
Hexa (adhesive) Seam Discontinuity
The seam Hexa (adhesive) realization type can be performed in a discontinuous manner. The pattern can
be defined as usual, but additionally the hexa distribution along the seamline can be defined in sense of
weld length and break length. The final exact weld length depends on the overall seamline length. A check
is performed, if the final weld length deviates too much from the requested length.

Connector Conversion from Spot to Bolt and Vice Versus

Single point connectors can be converted from spot to bolt and from bolt to spot now. This provides easy
access to all for spots and bolts available realization types.

Hexa (adhesive – shell gap) Realization for Pam-Crash

This realization creates a continuous or discontinuous hexa row of a certain width and pattern between
two parallel parts. The upper and lower outer nodes of the hexas are projected to the part’s faces. The
connection is realized due to a tied contact.
Area Connector Midposition Option for Solid Absorption
The absorbed area connectors can optional be placed into the middle of the absorbed solid elements. This
is activated by default. This prevents for situations shown above, that the connector is placed on the
bottom side and for the next on the top side. Performing a realization on the midpositioned area
connectors usually deliver the better results.

Trimming of Seam and Area Connectors

On the seam and area edit subpanel a trimming functionality has been added. Different options are
available to perform the cut in the required manner based on a node selection. It’s possible now to create
a node on a connector due to a long left mouse click. The shorter/smaller piece can be deleted
automatically. After the trimming on both connector pieces the exact same information remains.
Trimming causes an unrealization of the connector.

Vector Seam for nCode

There is a special seam realization type in the Abaqus user profile – seam (vector). This realization type
is intended to be used along a fillet weld, which is modeled with solid elements already. Other than usually
this realization creates only two vectors at each connector testpoint. These vectors represent the toe and
normal vector of the fillet weld. Along the default XML connector export a .asc file is exported, which
contains the vector information in a format nCode understands.
Bolt (collapsed rigid) for Nastran and OptiStruct
The Bolt (collapsed rigid) realization has just one single rigid element connecting all bolt hole layers. The
centre of the rigid element will be calculated based on all connected nodes.

Option for Projecting Hexa Faces to Shells

For the realization of ACM (shell gap) spotwelds usually almost flat regions are expected to be connected.
Therefore the projection for ACMs is done only once per layer startng form the middle of the hexa cluster.
This information is then broadcasted to the other appropriate nodes. For ACMs of a large diameter or in
strong curved areas this approach might result in unwanted gaps. To prevent this, the option for
projecting the hexa faces to shells can be activated on the Spot Options panel.

Bolt Realizations for Abaqus

Most of the bolt realizations available in the Nastran user profile have been added to the Abaqus user
profile. Postscripts have been updated in the appropriate way.
Improved Quality of Hexa (adhesive) Seam Realizations
Based on many realistic models the quality of hexa (adhesive) seam realizations has been improved. The
single element quality, as well as the position and twist of the seam are significantly better.

Improved Absorption of Hexa (adhesive) Seam-like Realizations

The absorption approach has been further enhanced. Whereas in the past too many hexa (adhesive) seam like
realizations have been interpreted as area connectors, today almost all hexa (adhesive) seam like realizations are
interpreted as seam connectors. Furthermore the pattern and also the dimension are detected.

Penta Seam Realization Absorption

Whereas in the past penta seam realizations have been interpreted as area connectors they can identified
properly today.

Resolved Issues
• Several crashes during performing realizations on MAC operating systems have been resolved.
• Some issues with special characters have been resolved for importing and exporting connection
files.
• For different realizations empty components have been created. Those realizations have been
updated accordingly.
• Head elements haven’t been created in certain cases.
• Defaults for the Add Link functionality in the Connector browser have been changed.

13.0.110 Release Notes - Geometry

Editing Robustness
General robustness improvements, including increased performance and accuracy.

Updated CAD Import Version Support

• CATIA V5-6R2014
• CREO 2 M120
• SolidWorks 2014, including adding support on MAC
• UG NX 9.0 via third-party

Intergraph
New Intergraph CAD reader added for supporting the shipbuilding industry.

JT Export
Improved the general robustness of JT export.

13.0.110 Release Notes - Graphics

Scale
A scale can optionally be shown in the bottom right corner of the graphics window. It dynamically changes
along with the zoomfactor to the appropriate value.

Resolved Issues
• Change load vector changes moments now, too.
• Several highlighting issues have been resolved.
• Nodes behind a transparent solid surface couldn’t be selected.
• By thickness visualization for ply based composites models has shown incorrect contours.
• 3D Element representation was wrong for 2nd order elements with PCOMPP definition.

13.0.110 Release Notes - HyperBeam

New Options

• New option Join Parts/Split part at vertex is added. When this option is toggled ON, then
two parts that meet at a common point end, left-click on the first part, then left-click on the second
part to merge it into the first part. To split a part at a vertex, left-click on the part that you wish to
split, then right-click on the vertex that you wish to split the part at. The part splits into two parts.

• New option Replace vertices/Detach a Vertex is added. When this new option toggle ON,
left-click on the vertex that you wish to replace, then left-click on the vertex that you wish to replace
the first vertex with. The second vertex replaces the first vertex. To split a vertex into two coincident
vertices, right-click on a vertex.
 • New option Point Size added in the grid Parameters dialog to control the size of the vertices in the
graphics area. Increasing the point size makes it easier to select an existing grid point when creating
a part.
• Image Capture Tools are added.

Resolved Issues
When you create a shell beam section by cutting a cross-section through a shell mesh, any thickness that
was assigned directly to the elements (not via component based properties) will be given to the shell
section. If there are multiple thicknesses assigned to shell elements of any given component, the
component will not be subdivided, instead, the average thickness of the component will be used.

13.0.110 Release Notes - HyperMorph

Enhancements

• Multiple edges are automatically combined for filleting and arc angle changes under alter
dimensions
• For element based partitioning of second order elements, flat areas are now treated as first order
elements to make partitioning identical between first and second order elements

Resolved issues
• Handles not moving during shape animation
• When the number of handles are large (>10000), cyclical symmetry slow
• Map to equation with system failing to transform vector
• Applying imported shape crashing HyperMesh
• Freehand morphing with desvars linked to shapes deleting desvars

13.0.110 Release Notes - Meshing

BatchMesher
• Improvements to geometry feature recognition and capture
With keep nodes on plateau feature top edges selected Without keep nodes on plateau feature top edges selected

Without keep nodes on edges for free round holes with <= n
With keep nodes on edges for free round holes with <= elements selected
n elements selected

• New enhanced fillet meshing algorithm for improved mesh flow

Without enable improved fillet mesh flow selected With enable improved fillet mesh flow selected

• Added the ability to suppress geometry construction edges to improve mesh flow
 With recognize and suppress construction edges selected

Improved and Streamlined Re-mesh Using Geometry

There is a new option for automatic feature detection named surface edges when re-meshing elements
in the Automesh panel. This option automatically finds and utilizes any geometry associated with the
selected elements, including surface edges and internal trims, during the re-meshing operation. The
newly created elements are also associated with the original geometry. This allows for more efficient and
accurate re-meshing operations to be performed.

Before re-meshing Re-meshing with surface edges selected Re-meshing with connected features
selected

QI Optimized Smoothing
A new option has been added to constrain smoothing of nodes that are on shared edges for the "QI
optimized" smoothing algorithm. When enabled, nodes on shared edges will be smoothed only along
their associated edges, but not across. Nodes not associated to shared edges are not affected. This is
available in both the Quality Index panel smooth cleanup tool, as well as the Smooth panel.
Before optimized smoothing Optimized smoothing without keep Optimized smoothing with keep nodes
nodes on geometry edges selected. on geometry edges selected.

Modify Hole and Washer Tool

When changing the radius of a hole with link washers enabled, the width of the washer is also
changed. A new option, retain washer width is added to control this. When enabled, the radius of the
hole is changed without changing the width of the washer. When disabled, the radius of the hole and the
washer are changed together. This is available for radial and radial & angular changes.

Before modifying the washer Without retain washer width selected With retain washer width selected

Mesh Boolean
A mesh Boolean tool is now available. This tool performs certain Boolean operations between
penetrating elements, with optional re-meshing capabilities.
Before Boolean operation After Boolean operation

Mesh Imprint Anchor Nodes

While performing mesh imprint or extend, it is now possible to select anchor nodes that will be imprinted
and used in the destination mesh.
• Imprint

• Extend

Resolved Issues
• Improved the robustness and smoothness of the Quality Index panel drag tria cleanup tool.
• Master and slave elements are no longer considered duplicates to the parent structural elements.
 • Resolved an issue where newly created mid-side nodes were not associated to the geometry
during a change to 2nd order.
• Several issues resolved that improve the robustness of solid map meshing.
• Split into tetras: When splitting hexas/pentas/pyramids to tetras, the connectivity between some
elements is no longer lost. Significant decrease in memory usage.
• During tetramesh optimization, elements are now organized properly
• Tetra meshing: Fixed issues with creating overlapping tetra elements, layered tetra meshing
creating skewed elements, and problems creating more than 3 layers in thin channels.

13.0.110 Release Notes - APIs

*createlist List Length
List selections are no longer limited and can be of any number of entities in length

hm_hmgetfileversion
New command to return the major and minor version of an HM database file.

hm_getattachedsolidelemfaces
New command to return solid elements and the corresponding face index that are attached to input shell
elements.

Resolved Issues
The *createmark options "by box", "by cone", "by cylinder" and "by sphere" now correctly work with
components as the entity type.

13.0 Release Notes

General
Entity Editor

The Entity Editor is a new usability update to enable rapid creation, editing and query capabilities.
The Entity Editor can be found within a large majority of browsers across HyperWorks 13.0; more
specifically, HyperMesh 13.0 Model browser, Solver browser and cross-referencing tools are Entity
Editor enabled. The following user profiles are supported: AcuSolve, OptiStruct, RADIOSS,
Abaqus, ANSYS, LS-DYNA and Nastran. The Entity Editor is designed to provide instant feedback
based on the selected entity in the browser and is complementary to the card edit functionality.
Additional usability updates within the Entity Editor include a new entity list selection mechanism
which enables full sort, find and filter. Working with large data sets is now significantly more
efficient.

More support for browser entity creation is available – more entities across more user profiles can
be generated via the context menu in the browser. In addition, work flow is improved, the number
of mouse clicks has been reduced by at least half when creating new entities when compared to
the traditional panels.
The ability to create, edit and cross-reference a referenced entity in the Entity Editor is enabled. As
an example, a component may be selected and within this context you can edit the material
and/or property directly via the Entity Editor context sensitive menu.
Additional filtering is enabled by default preventing an incorrect assignment of one entity to
another.
Display control of referenced entities within the Entity Editor is also available.

Unresolved ID’s are now shown clearly in the Entity Editor, further improving the feedback
mechanism to you.

Comparison Tool
The Comparison tool performs a model-based CAD-CAD, CAD-FE or FE-FE comparison between
two models, or two selections of entities. You can also use this tool to find and report on
geometrical/shape differences. To access the Comparison tool click Geometry > Check >
Surfaces > Comparison or click Mesh > Check > Elements > Comparison.
When you are comparing entities, the entities must exist in the HyperMesh database. The
Comparison tool generates results by comparing the source entities to the target entities.
Currently, only 2D elements are supported for the Comparison tool. The results generated by this
tool can be broken down into the following categories: Matches, Overlapped, Intersected, and
Unmatched.

Browser Display Controls

There are three new options added to control the display of entities when performing show, hide,
isolate and isolate only operations. These new controls can be found by right-clicking in the Model
browser and selecting Configure browser.
• Show/Isolate/IsolateOnly Attached - will show also attached entities. As an example, if a
contact is isolated, the respective elements will also be shown.
• Show/Hide/Isolate include files with XRef – will perform the display operation of the
include and will also display or hide the cross referenced entities related to the selected
include(s).
• Hide Attached – will hide the attached entities. As an example, if a contact is hidden, the
respective elements of that contact will be turned off from the display.

Part Replacement
The LS-DYNA user profile has a new and extensive part replacement tool. The tool handles all
referenced entities when migrating from the old to the new part. There are a number of options to
decide whether to replace a part within the session, or, point to an external file. A preview and
check capability are added to ensure successful part replacement before the actual operation.
Many entities and organizational constructs are supported during replacement including:
• Maintain property and material ID
• Loads and boundary conditions
• Sets
• Contact surfaces
• Include file organization
 • Output blocks
• Control volumes
• Systems and vectors
• Connectors, rigid elements
and masses

Preserved Nodes Panel

When a free node is not referenced by any of the entities in your model, HyperMesh automatically
deletes the unused nodes. You can save a free node that you are not currently using by converting
it into a temporary node, but HyperMesh will only continue to save these free nodes as long as
they are marked as a temporary node. To guarantee that a free or temporary node will be saved
in your model once you create them, you must convert them into a preserved node inside the
Preserved Nodes panel.
Favorite Panels
A new "Favorites" toolbar and functionality for saving favorite panels is added.

The Favorites panel allows you to:

• Add and remove your favorite panels for easy access
• Save your favorite panel list to hmsettings.tcl
Drape Estimator
The Drape Estimator is a tool to generate directly in HyperMesh (OptiStruct and Nastran user
profiles) draping angles and thickness variation resulting from the manufacturing process for
fibers associated with plies in a composite laminate. You can use the drape data generated by this
tool based on inverse mapping to improve the accuracy of parts modeled with composite
materials.
 Miscellaneous Updates
• Titles are now supported also for surfs
• H3D export has been enhanced:
− H3D export now honors the entity visualization and transparency state
− The resulting H3D file can also now contain both elements and geometry (STL) in the same file
− Titles associated with exported entities are now written to the H3D file

Resolved Issues
• Box trim:
− Removed “Box Collector” field from Box Trim GUI for LS-DYNA, Nastran and OptiStruct user
profiles
− Removed temporary nodes which are outside the bounding box for LS-DYNA and Nastran user
profiles
− Box Trim dialog closes after trim operation for LS-DYNA and Nastran user profiles
− A cleaner and more error free model is produced as empty collectors, empty contacts and
other unused entities are deleted at the end of the box trim process.
• Show, Hide, Isolate control on includes no longer shows the associated plot

Connectors
New Bolt Preview
The new bolt preview enables a cylindrical preview which highlights which nodes will be included
within the bolt realization. There is also a vector preview. Both can be managed as a temporary or
permanent mode with additional transparency control.
Export Dynamic Bolt Vector
Connectors will be exported with the dynamically identified bolt connector vector by default.

Property Link View and Modules Link View

Property link View and Modules link view are two new predefined browser view modes now
available in link browser view section of Connectors browser.

Updates to the FE Config File

• Fe config files will be searched/loaded in the sequence of installation folder:
− The folders defined by HW_CONFIG_PATH environment variable
 − HOME directory
− Working directory
• Instead of just displaying the FE types from last loaded FE configs file, now all FE types
will be available through various loaded FE config files. During the load of various FE
config files, the conflicting FE types would be skipped.
• Search sequence for the Property scripts associated with a FE type available in a FE config
file would be in the order of working folder, user HOME folder, folders defined by
HW_CONFIG_PATH environment variable and installation folder.
• A FE config radio button is added to the Connector Options subpanel, which lets you load
or unload a FE config file during the session.
New Realization Support and Updates
• RBE3 spider/wagonwheel bolt realization.
• CGAP(G) realization for OptiStruct user profile
• Hexa Spot with contact and material (law59) realization for RADIOSS user profile

Connector Location Information Available as Metadata

The connector location information can now be retrieved from the individual connector as a
metadata value. For example, if a connector is created with the nodes as location, those nodes IDs
can be retrieved from the connector.

Resolved Issues
• Seam hexas made perpendicular to the seam line.
• CWELD card details for “GS ELEMID” realization with node as link rectified.
• Connectors lines are missing internal biasing during export and later import of the model.
• CBAR realization was assigning 123456 dof to PIN A in the card image.
• Seam with imprint was not capturing the spacing correctly.
• Changing Element filter options in FE Absorb adhesives was giving an application error.
• Some issues related to direction and location of ACM realization.
• T connection adhesive realization with constant thickness earlier with bad quality welds is
rectified now.
• The FE register api “*CE_FE_RegisterAdvanced” now registers FE’s at a specified test
point locations.
• Hilock CBUSH stiffness values rectified in some cases.
• Realized element will be excluded from the projection.
• Add link to area connector [to existing] is rectified.
• Absorption and Re-realization of 2-layer single link connection for
mat100(HEXA)/rigidlink config for LS-DYNA was not working and has been rectified.
• Absorption of Solid-Seams configs ie with RBE3-RBE2-hexa-RBE2-RBE3 was not working
and has been rectified.
Geometry
New Geometric Rib Tool
A new geometric rib tool is now available that enables creation and modification of simple ribs
between surfaces. Several rib parameters such as height, length, and width can be controlled
interactively. The newly created rib is automatically stitched into the adjoined solid and/or
surfaces. Both triangular rib for T-joints and quadrilateral ribs for U-sections are supported.

Midsurface Generation Tools

New tools have been added to generate midsurfaces using pieces of "sweep surfaces" to build a
midsurface whenever it is possible and appropriate. A sweep surface is a surface obtained by
moving a straight line along an arbitrary planar curve. A cylinder is a good example, where a
circle is dragged along a line perpendicular to the circle plane to create the cylinder.
This is in addition to the previously released Insert Planes functionality (12.0) which allows using
pieces of planes, and the legacy Offset method.
The default option for midsurface extraction is now "offset+planes+sweeps". This allows
different regions of a single model to use different methods (offset, insert planes, insert sweeps)
as possible and appropriate, with the results of each region connected together.

Midsurface Plate Editor

Enhanced the Midsurface Plate Editor to allow you to update the middle surface according to a
user-defined plate edit in one click. If you have done some plate editing, clicking Update does the
following:
• Deletes the pre-existing middle surface (if any)
 • Deletes the display components showing the current plate information
• Re-extracts the middle surface in accordance with the user-defined plate edit and
provided midsurface extraction setting
• Re-draws the updated plate information components

Metadata to CAE Tool

A new Metadata to CAE tool has been created to assist in utilizing metadata coming from CAD
import.
Supported operations include:
• Renaming and renumbering components using associated metadata
• Creating spot, seam and area connectors by selecting points, lines or surfaces using their
associated metadata

CAD Reader Updates

Newly supported formats:
• CATIA Composite Link drape data
• CATIA v5-6R2013 (v5 R23)
• Creo 2.0 M060
• JT 10.1
• Parasolid v26 (native reader)
• SolidWorks 2013
• UG NX 9.0 (native reader) and NX 8.5 (third-party reader)
− UG NX 9.0 now requires the license server to be defined using the SPLM_LICENSE_SERVER
environment variable, while older NX versions still require the UGS_LICENSE_SERVER
environment variable

CAD Writer Updates

• JT export of geometry and FE data

Resolved Issues
• Performance issue related to CATIA CPD file import
• Import issues with CATIA V5R21 and R19 files
• IGES export issue related to layer and groups selection was not correctly associated to
the component ID
• Application crashes while using “Import Hidden Entities” option for a CATIA file on MAC
machine only
• Metadata information was not importing if the same file is loaded for second time
• Distance option for trim with lines selection in surface edit panel was not working
correctly
• Native Parasolid reader import option was missing for Tetramesh Process Manager and
BatchMesher
• Missing plies with FiberSim import
• Application crashes while using offset subpanel of Surface Edit panel with some specific
models
• With specific models, the JT reader crashes during the import
 • Surface normal issue with JT import with specific models
• Application crashes while using solid trimming with some specific models
• Parasolid Solids with internal surfaces were not imported correctly
• Some crashes related to Autocleanup panel in bead handling and fillet trimming
• Error Importing JT assembly with specific models when scale value of greater than 1 is
used.

HyperBeam
New Options
• Delete all Sections and Delete all Sections and Collectors is added under the File
menu.
• Copy and Paste is added to the right-click context sensitive menu on a beam section in the
Sections browser.
• Section Cut is added for the option Shell Section at 1D > HyperBeam panel. Section cut
option takes uses elements, surfaces or solids as input.

Shell Beam Section Creation

When creating a shell beam section for Use lines or Use elems option the thickness is extracted
from the shell section instead of being set to 0.1.

3D Visualization of Generic Beam

New 3D visualization is added for generic beam sections. Generic beams will now appear with an
hourglass shape provided that they have either the Centroidal, Principal, or Local moments
defined, or they have the area defined. Otherwise they will display as lines with a coordinate
system. The size of the beam will roughly approximate a rectangular section with the given
moments.

Resolved Issues
• Naming for shell section parts is off
• Updates for the Moments tool interface

HyperMorph
 Resolved Issues
• The reflective symmetries (1-plane, 2-plane, 3-plane, and cyclical) will now work for map
to geometry and radius change provided that the morphed domains have the symmetry
assigned to them.
• There is a minor change to the Symmetry panel. The checkbox now reads "morph
volumes & mapping", meaning that, if checked, the symmetry will be applied to mapping
operations performed without domains.

Meshing
New Meshing Method: Layered Tetra
A new method is implemented to generate multiple user-specified tetrahedral layers in thin
regions of solids.

BatchMeshing
• Improvements focused on geometry feature recognition, which aim to better prepare the
geometry for meshing. The new option recognize and preserve major feature
edges in the BatchMesh parameter file enables this functionality, and includes:
− Recognition of major, flat surfaces and preservation of their boundaries for both geometry
and element cleanup. This should result in less “dissolving” of features.
− Improved recognition of complex fillets and fillet chains.
− Improvement and fixes for element cleanup to handle narrow areas between features.

• Addition of a new option “remove trias attached to holes” that eliminates tria element
 edges from holes.

• Wildcard for special component selection

Quality Index Panel Enhancements

A new patch checking capability is available which provides a more efficient way of cleaning up
undesirable mesh quality. The patch checker isolates the failed elements, you can traverse from
one failed patch of elements to the next, and clean up the mesh by using one of the many cleanup
tools from within the Quality Index panel.
New cleanup tools include:
• Split/collapse edge

• Smooth: adjusts the node position. There are additional options to select anchor nodes
for preservation during the smooth operation.
• Drag tria element: enables the movement of a tria to a more suitable location simply by
dragging the element to the new location. An important capability for controlling the
 mesh aesthetics.
• Split quad element and combine tria element

Adaptive Wrapper
Adaptive wrapper provides a quick solution for dirty CAD and has a ability to do local refinements.
It preserves features and can refine between components. The tool contains a utility to find leaks
in the model and also contains automated hole or gap patcher.

Resolved Issues
• Some steps in Topology cleanup process that ends up deleting one component during a
BatchMesher run for some models
• Coarsen Mesh functionality incorrectly deletes a component for specific models
• Mesh lines do not match the surface edge line when using biasing in Automesh panel
• “Split in to hexas” option inside the solid elements subpanel of the Split panel is not
working correctly in some cases due to wrong node association
• SPC constraints were created even though the “Create constraints” option was not
selected in the Box trim dialog. This happens when meshing was performed prior to box
trim run.
• Huge jump in tetra core element size with and without "Max tetra size" selection in
tetramesh parameters subpanel or the Tetramesh panel
• “Place node” option in the Cleanup Tools section of the Quality Index panel was crashing
the application
• Quality Index panel crashes the application if user zooms into the model using Ctrl + left
mouse button and does a circle zoom
• Translation of components loses node association within solids. This was happening for
inner nodes for some specific models
• Saving a HyperMesh database file crashes the application in some cases after using
reducing tria element selection in Element Cleanup panel

Graphics
Enhancements
• The detailed element representation has been split into separate controls; there is now
control for only 1D elements or 2D elements. It is now possible now to see only the 1D
elements in a 3D representation if desired.
 • The detailed 2D element representation takes into account node thicknesses now too. In
the past only the thickness from property and section cards have been taken into
account.
• Within the Visualization options tab there is new control for load labels, and within the
Display toolbar there is new control to alter the load vector visualization orientation. The
load vector visualization can be defined in one of two ways, either the tip or the tail of the
load vector is attached to the load application point.
• Graphics area screen capture; there is a new option within the Color options dialog to
force the text, such as labels, legends and titles etc, to be black.
• Nodal thickness visualization is supported for RADIOSS, Abaqus, LS-DYNA and Nastran
user profiles.

• A new ‘by Assembly’ Review mode is added to geometry visualization toolbar

Resolved Issues
• In certain situations bar3 elements were incorrectly drawn. The node order was incorrect
for graphics only.
• In certain situations the 3D ply visualization has been wrong at the node, where two
different plies were attached to each other.
• There was an inconsistent behavior for the “by face” selection of elements and surfaces.
For surfaces the selection by face included mask surfaces, hence all surfaces were
selected in certain situations. The by face selection no longer includes masked entities
now.
• Selected nodes didn’t appear as highlighted complete spheres.
• When using the element quality view selecting and deselecting the criteria to be shown in
the legend caused HyperMesh to occasionally crash.
• HyperMesh crashed sometimes when deleting loads or load collectors which have been
selected by window.
• Free lines in combination with the use of spherical clipping were wrongly displayed. Only
if both ends of one line have been inside the sphere the display was correct.
• Surfaces in combination with the use of spherical clipping were wrongly displayed. Only if
at least one vertex has been inside the sphere the display was correct.
• The visualization of beam sections wasn’t always updated immediately in the graphics
 display when beam attributes have been updated.
• Entity selection using ‘by block’ is not working when the local system used to create the
block is deleted
• Display becomes unresponsive when using Ctrl+left mouse click to rotate a large
model on Linux and MAC machines
• Surface pre-highlighting during node list selection was not working in the Surfaces panel
• Performance issue related to nodes selection on Linux platform
• While using the color by assembly the elements are colored with the assembly color but
the geom is colored with the comp color
• Segmentation fault when you rotate a model while using toggle edge inside Quick Edit
panel
• 3D element representation display was not working correctly at t-connection
• Elements normal display inside add subpanel of Interfaces panel was not working
• Segmentation error when you click off after selecting all systems inside Numbers panel
• Plot display turn on while using Show and Isolate for includes

Known Limitations
**NOTE: HyperWorks Graphical User Interface (GUI) products (HyperMesh, HyperView,
HyperGraph, MotionView, etc), when used with Ultra High Definition (UHD) displays consisting of
1920x1200 or higher (for example, 3200x1800, 3840x2160 or 4096x2160), may result in
graphical problems. Some GUI items may not be displayed correctly, some functionality such as
image captures many not capture images correctly, and window selection may become an issue.
HyperWorks 13.0 does not officially support these high screen resolutions. We suggest setting
your resolution to 1920x1200 or lower to resolve or minimize these types of issues from occurring.
Our development teams are aware of these problems and are working closely with the hardware
vendors to find a quick resolution to the issue.

API
Enhancements
• A new set of APIs for performing entity creation (*createentity and
*createentitysameas), entity update (*setvalue) and entity query (hm_getvalue) is
officially released. These APIs replace many existing HyperMesh Tcl Query and Tcl
Modify commands, and help to streamline the scripting and automation process.
• New hm_collision* APIs and functionality for performing detailed result query.
• Added the ability to query the minimum internal (hm_entityminid) and solver IDs
(hm_entityminsolverid)
• APIs to convert a click in the graphics area to a 3D model coordinate (hm_viewproject)
and vice-versa (hm_viewunproject)
• *createmark/*appendmark/hm_createmark/hm_appendmark have been enhanced with
new selection methods "by cone", "visible", "by metadata name", "by metadata contains
value", "by metadata equal to value", "by metadata greater than value", "by metadata
less than value", "by metadata value range" and "by metadata type".
• See the API Programmer’s Guide in the HyperMesh Reference Guide for full details on API
updates/modifications.
HyperView 13.0.110 Release Notes

Average Across Part Boundaries

Include Browser
Spherical Clipping
Tracking System Output in Global Coordinate System
General Enhancements
Resolved Issues

13.0.110 Release Notes

Average Across Part Boundaries
Averaging across part boundaries is now available as an option for contoured and iso-surface generation
of results. This option can be useful in cases where the same part is modeled as 2 different components
(for example, tailor welded B-Pillar in a vehicle). The contribution for a shared node will come from every
part associated with that node, while all of the other averaging principles remain. Along with this feature,
an option to remove duplicate entries while querying nodes has been added.

Without average across part boundaries: With average across part boundaries:

Include Browser
Similar to HyperMesh, HyperView now has the capability to review the contents of a model with various
include files through the Include browser. An example of a model in the Include Files view is shown below.
Each include can be expanded to reveal its contents. Components, assemblies, sets, and systems are the
only supported entities. Show, Hide, Isolate entities options are available through the context menu. Data
that does not have any references to an include file is stored in the master model. Includes are read from
a model input deck, and as such, no further organization is allowed in HyperView.
Spherical Clipping
Spherical Section Cut is now available in addition to planar cut. An on-screen manipulator allows you to
translate the cut along the 3 axis and change the size of the cut. This new clipping option can be very
useful for reviewing hotspots or deformation mode in a particular area in the context of the neighboring
parts/elements.

Tracking System Output in Global Coordinate System

Tracking systems can now be aligned with global coordinate systems in order to transform the outputs
back to global directions using the Align with global (T=0) option (located on the right side of the
panel). The three nodes used to define a plane can be arbitrarily defined and does not need to align with
the global coordinate system. This feature can be useful for obtaining intrusion outputs in the global
orientation while removing the rigid body motion. Displacement-based contour and vector plots, as well
as all location based measures like position, relative displacement, and distance between are affected
when the Use tracking option is selected.
General Enhancements
• An option has been added to create a system using 3 reference nodes.
• The legend has been updated to provide values in the engineering numeric format; that is, same
as scientific format except that all exponents are multiples of +/- 3.
• An option to measure relative angle using 2 nodes has been added in HyperView Player.
• A 3D triad has been added to line rake handle to allow better translation in three- dimensional
space.
• A preference file statement has been added for tracking system: align with global. If a user
enables this statement in the preference file, the align with global option is defaulted to “On” on
every new tracking system created and vice-versus.

Resolved Issues
• Resolved the issue of contour plot not being restored when loading a session that has a live link
plot for contour based measures.
• Resolved the issue of noise in curves originating from measures with tracking systems.
• Rotation angle set via Preferences > Options was not being properly restored on start up. A check
was implemented for Rotation Angle in registry, and restoring that value to HyperView client.
• Repeated "Import Groups" operation in HVTrans caused the application to work incorrectly with
"Use Group". This issue is resolved.
• HyperView application crash prevented when exporting an H3D of an adaptive model without
animating in Linux.
• Resolved the issue of incorrect grouping of dependent and independent nodes for RBE3 elements
in HVTrans.
• Many elements were lost in the first timestep when writing a Pamcrash H3D by HvTrans in batch
mode. This issue has been identified and resolved.
• Resolved the issue of deformable section cut changing to planar when switching animation
modes.
• When a contour plot used an offset, creating an iso plot generated an iso that flipped what is
displayed as you move the slider. This problem has been fixed.
• HyperView crash prevented when switching to secondary derived load case for a feature angle
averaged contour/Iso-plot.
• The contour plot of a v12.0 or older session file, when loaded and animated in HyperView v13.0,
showed all N/A or No Result for the last time step. This issue was identified as caused by caching
and was resolved.
• It was identified that animation capture in AMF format does not play back properly in case of a
“bouncing” video. This issue is resolved.
• Circle zoom did not work correctly after masking some components causing the model to
disappear. This issue has been fixed.
 • Reverse option on individual sets or sets folder was not working on all the entities of the set. This
issue was due to an entity being part of multiple folders. This issue is fixed.
• It was identified that when a video synced to a model was mapped to a window without a model
with matching ID, HyperView crashed. This issue is fixed.
• When a H3D was exported with 2 different plots having the same data type but different layer
setting, one of the layer data was not exported. The error is resolved.
• Resolved the issue of HyperView displaying element stress data of Flex Body file as zeroes.
• When auto-fit is ON, using virtual collector to show parts was not restoring the previous view but
instead displayed the model in top view. This issue is fixed.

13.0.103 Release Notes

New Features
• Support for post processing PAM 2013 file formats .DSY, .THP and .ERHF5

13.0 Release Notes

Free Body Forces and Summation on Sections

Free Body Diagram (FBD) tool enables analysis of free body forces and resultants on different sections
of the model. Frequently used in design and analysis of structures, the FBD tool allows extraction of
forces and moments for setting up a breakout model and/or sub-modeling analysis schemes,
obtaining total loads acting on the section for strength analysis or for checking the equilibrium of
sections. Users can define multiple sections that can be simultaneously plotted with either the free
body or resultant loads. The forces on the section can be resolved in any user defined coordinate
system. A further breakdown of loads as reaction loads, applied loads, or total loads on the sections
is possible for both plot types. The results are plotted in the graphics area for the current loadcase that
is active and the plot is updated as the loadcase is changed. Additionally, a summary table can be
generated for multiple sections across numerous loadcases. The sorting columns in the summary
table help quickly rank the significant loadcases for any min/max value of the resultant loads or the
components. The summary table can be exported to a plain text file or an FBD file. The FBD file is
recognized in HyperGraph for generating Potato plots, and Shear Force and Bending Moment
diagrams.
Caching Results
Caching results makes it possible to preload the contoured results into memory and access them at
any time in the session. It is relevant to users who have large memory (RAM) at their disposal and are
dealing with big models that take time on plotting results. Caching helps to better utilize unused
memory and allows switching between results quickly. Any contoured result can be cached in to
memory the first time, and retrieved subsequently in the session without any delays. These cached
results appear in the browser tree in the order in which they are created. Users can contour the
cached result instantly by clicking on the icon next to the name, similar to other result plotting from
the browser. Any undesired cached result can be deleted to reduce the memory footprint.
Entity Editor

Entity Editor is an enhancement to the browsers, allowing

users to review and edit different attributes of the entities.
Supported entities are components, sets, section cuts,
measures, and notes. A preview pane at the bottom of the
browser displays the attributes of each of the supported
entities as they are highlighted in the tree. The attributes can
be updated in the Entity Editor pane without going to any
panels. Most of the operations performed in different panels is
accessible now directly from the Entity Editor area. Display
visibility, colors, fonts, draw modes are some of the examples
of attributes that can be changed.

In addition to reviewing and updating in one place, the Entity

Editor also provides additional functionality to do multiple
updates at once. Multiple notes or measures or components
can be selected in the browser tree and their attributes can be
updated by changing the value in the Entity Editor name value
table. If the attributes are different across entities, a hash
mark (#) is shown indicating that not all entities have the
same value.
The Entity Editor makes a simple learning and a consistent
experience for HyperWorks users, as the behavior is identical
to the functionality introduced in HyperMesh. It is available
already in HyperGraph for editing attributes of different
entities.
Video Overlay - Marker Based Tracking
Multiple enhancements are made to the Video Overlay functionality, the most significant ones being
the tracker based adjustment of image planes for correlating test and simulation when the set ups are
different, as moving in opposite directions. A 3D image plane can be adjusted in the model space such
that the relative position of a tracked point on the video remains the same with respect to the model.
A new tracking option called Video Tracking is added under the Model tab allowing the user to select
a reference point, and calculate its position across all frames. The image plane movement is then
adjusted to maintain the same relative position of the point with respect to the model. 3D image
planes also have an option of maintaining the aspect ratio when the size is adjusted using the
manipulators.
A couple of automatic time synchronization modes are introduced to automatically adjust the scale
and offsets between frames of the video and timesteps of the model. In case of overlaid models in a
window the reference model to which auto sync modes are applied can be specified. The label field of
the image plane tab has a drop down control that allows switching between the image planes without
going back to the main browser view.

Marker Tracking
The Marker Tracking feature in MediaView allows the user to track any kind of markers or objects in
MediaView as the video is animated. This provides numerical data which can be displayed and
animated in HyperGraph. Manipulation of the tracking data by applying units or other math operations
allows the comparison of tests and simulations. Markers could be added via mouse or API. Graphical
options like show/hide tracking lines and marker IDs or show tracking markers and traces only makes
it easy for the user to analyze the testing video.
Averaging Methods - By Feature Angle, Max of Corner
Feature angle based averaging of elemental results is available for contoured and iso-surface
generation of results. Within a given part, the averaging happens for elements that are bound by a
user specified feature angle as a threshold. This new option aids in evaluating stress distributions at
T-joints and other sharp edges more accurately. Users have the option to ignore any modeling
inconsistencies of flipped normals between adjacent elements when applying this averaging method.

For datatypes that have corner results, min/max/extreme of all corners within the element can be
computed by using new averaging methods, “Min of Corners”, “Max of Corners”, “Extreme of
Corners”. The entire element shows the min/max/extreme of the corner values, which can represent
a worst case scenario for aggregation of results.

PowerPoint Publishing with Live Synchronization

The new HyperWorks Desktop (HWD) PowerPoint Publishing feature helps to reduce the work and
effort in generating and updating Microsoft PowerPoint (PPT) Presentations from HWD sessions. This
goal could be achieved by establishing a live link between HWD and PPT. The synchronization could be
triggered either from HWD or PPT using a PPT Plug-in.Changes made in the PowerPoint PPT
presentation will be preserved when new runs will be post processed after updating your session e.g.
using Report Templates. The user can predefine the PowerPoint layout for the first publishing using
PowerPoint Master Templates. The visualization of broken connections in PPT allows easy debugging
if the PPT presentation will not be updated correctly. All HWD export formats are supported: Anim.
GIF, AVI, H3D, PNG, JPEG, BMP, TIF. Dynamical Linking of HyperGraph notes with PPT allow to update
text fields with new results. Live links are supported on Windows, Linux will be supported by data
exchange over the file system using the PPT Plug-in.
Flexible Report Templates
The new easy-to-use report Flexible Report panel replaces the Report Panel from earlier HyperWorks
Desktop versions. It makes reports more flexible by giving the user advanced options to handle
plotting channels during the import. More user-friendly color and style settings are possible for
parameters created with the Parameter browser.

HyperView Player
HyperView Player has a new set of important functionality for interrogating the model. Measures,
Tracking Systems, Section Cuts can be temporarily created in the player in addition to accessing the
ones published in the H3D. All sets that are captured in the H3D file are also accessible to perform
Show/Hide/Isolate tasks. A progress bar updates the status of loading the model and animating all
steps giving useful feedback to the user. Deformation can be scaled to magnify the shape for clearer
animation.
Engineering Solutions
• NVH: Model and Test correlation tool MAC and CoMAC is added
• Crash: Diagnostic and model compare tools new, global control of data from browser, and
flexible report templates for mapping channels
• HyperForm: Distance between objects, section plotting, draw bead display available
• For a detailed listing of the all the enhancements in Engineering Solutions click here

Solver Interfaces
• Many enhancements and bugfixes for each solver interface is made in this release. A short
mention of items for each solver interface is given below. Refer to the complete release notes
of the Solver Interfacing for more information.
• Abaqus: Support of erosion or failed elements and Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamic (SPH)
• OptiStruct/Nastran: CSHEAR and CBEAM in Op2/XDB
• RADIOSS: Support of RADIOSS solver Element System, and Femzip-Radioss

General Enhancements
• Linux & Mac GUI:
 − File open and save dialogs are extended to be similar to what’s seen on Windows with options for
saving favorites, recently visited, and creating folders from the dialog.
− Fonts are made consistent throughout the GUI, and will reflect closer to what the intended font
size versus a fixed pixel size. The fonts scale up appropriately on high resolution monitors.

• Performance with large MBD models

− Significant work is done to improve the performance of large MBD models that contain flexible
bodies. Data loading, contouring, and animations that used to take hours on models that have a
high number of modes captured now happens in minutes.
• Animated GIF files can be exported with a transparent background
• Deformable section cuts for linear static and modal animations are supported. The section cut
at the frame of reference is followed through the animation as the model deforms.
• Named views created by the user can be saved into an external file and later imported into
another session
• Derived loadcases have the file names listed next to the simulation steps to help identify the
source of the simulation. This is useful when multiple files provide loadcases that are
referenced in a derived loadcase like Steps, Linear Superposition, or Envelope. Switch to the
Loadcase view on the browser, and make sure to check the file option under Browser
Configuration dialog.
• Sets panel is accessible now from the Visualization Toolbar
• Build plots panel can be used to plot MBD models containing flexible bodies
• All graphic manipulators used in Section Cuts, Image Planes, CFD rakes provide visual
feedback to the amount of translation and rotation in displaying the values as they are
modified.
• A couple of preference statements allow users to create section cuts with the clipping plane
option turned on, and the normal reversed by default.
• Entity highlighting color matches the foreground color that gives better visibility against
white background settings.
• In the linear animation mode, the number of frames to deform the model from initial position
to final position is increased to 25 frames (from 4). The animation looks smooth with
increased frames, while the users can control this number via a preference statement if
desired.
• An option under Visualization Preferences allows the user to change the rotation behavior in
the graphics area, if any specific rotation center is defined. When this option is active the
model rotates around the center of all current visible entities, whereas the model rotates
around the center of the screen when the option is inactive. The different behaviors can only
be seen, when the model is not positioned in the center of the screen.

Resolved Issues
• Resolved the issue of slider position for lighting direction getting incorrectly restored after
 closing the Preferences > Options dialog.
• Application crash prevented in an unsupported use case of mixing nodes on a section and
regular nodes of the model for a node path measure.
• Selection of all entities using the extended entity selection menu failed if a previous operation
of “by window” or “by plane” or “by id” was performed. This issue is resolved.
• Save and Retrieve for extended selection of any collectors works as intended.
• Extended entity selection of nodes By Plane caused application error when a user reset the
selection and tried to add further. The error is resolved.
• Extended entity selection mode of Subtract considers correctly the visibility setting of all or
displayed.
• Selection “by contour” is updated for corner bound results such that the criteria is compared
against all values even if some of them are not available. Previously the search stopped when
a first corner value of N/A was encountered.
• A logic error in the measure drawing code that calculates measure visibility is corrected. In
some cases, the visibility of each measure in the group that consists of multiple items was
incorrectly calculated.
• Missing subcases from HvTrans when converting an Op2 file is resolved after a fix to the Op2
reader. In these cases, the reader was erroneously sending a subcase ID of 0 for some
subcases.
• Issue with HvTrans that was producing an error in retaining the component names is
resolved. Part ID references were re-indexed in the translation causing the name mismatch.
• Element sets are correctly exported into the H3D file from a solver input deck when
translated in HvTrans.
• A first time section of the type N1, N2, N3 was getting converted to Y-axis as there was a
base node reset happening. The issue is resolved.
• Section cut drawing code corrected that was hiding System plot, Vector, and Tensor plot on
solid element models.
• Section cuts with a chosen base point were not created correctly if a tracking system is active
on the model. The tracking transform is considered to the section’s base node to correctly
position the section.
• An issue with the slider resolution of section cut panel resulted in unintended changes to the
cut locations when switching windows containing models of different dimensions. After
modifying a section cut in one window, if a user switches to another window that has sections
as well, the location of the cut is modified. This issue is resolved.
• Older version of NVidia driver such as 319.17 showed performance problems with tensor
drawing. The drawing code for tensors is updated to circumvent the performance issue on
these older drivers.
• Some specific ATI cards showed issues with drawing measure text when a section cut is
active. The drawing code is updated to account for these specific issues.
• Solids having duplicates on the interior faces caused display issues as not correctly shown.
The drawing code is updated to account for duplicate solids.
• H3D export of notes having special character of (double quotes) “” or square brackets caused
problems in restoring back the text. Measures in the model could also be not restored
properly because of these special characters. Added escape character handling for double
quotes and square brackets so the text is parsed correctly.
• In a continuous improvement of display performance, the speed of managing visibility of sets
is increased with large models having a high number of entity sets.
• Context menus configured in Preference files are correctly loaded when the scripts refer to
file path with spaces.
• Custom preference files registered and stored as a relative path to the user home had
problems restoring and will not be seen on start up. The initialization code is adjusted to
account for relative paths and the issue no longer exists.
• Session files correctly restores the settings of legend, font size that were previously saved by
the user.
• Legend file saving and restoring considers all the settings saved by the user including Log
interpolation, font size, style, and so on. There was an issue previously with GUI not updated
correctly when loading a legend file.
• Deformed shape settings could not be applied with Apply Style in a few cases where
Undeformed view is shown as well. This issue is resolved.
• MBD models that do not have any graphic entities had display issues with markers, either the
markers were too small or not seen on model read. The issue is resolved.
• An incorrect clipping of the model resulted in some parts disappearing during animation. This
issue was seen with large unit models that have small components, and the display of all
parts are turned off except the small dimension part – as in the case of an MBD simulation of
a car navigating a long winded road. The drawing is corrected so the parts don’t disappear
during animation.
• Airbag particle results from an LS-DYNA simulation created an invalid state when derived
results were created using Result Math. The issue is resolved.
• PowerPoint publishing initiated application errors with H3D export when window is hidden
from the active page due to another window in expanded state. The error no longer appears
with a fix in the export code to address this use case.
• Improved support of PowerPoint 2013 master templates in publishing.
• If the same MBD model with Added Objects is loaded in multiple windows, deleting one
window Added Objects caused a deletion of the same in other windows. This issue is
resolved.
• Measures referencing entity (nodes, elements) with IDs beyond the precision of a single float
returned a truncated number in query and curve plots. The precision is changed to double for
large numbered entities in the get and set functions of the API.
• Apply Style on measures considers the “Use tracking” option correctly when applying the
setting to measures in other windows or pages.
• Session files and Report Templates reading caused some measure based live linked curves to
not animate correctly. This issue is resolved.
• Application crash when creating measures by node path is prevented in some cases where
the IDs specified are invalid.
• Apply Style did not apply the settings on a page if one of the windows is in a expanded state.
The issue is resolved by considering the hidden windows as well.
• Query on vector results for components returned as N/A. This issue is corrected.
• Deform scale factors were changing after element selection from a collector in some cases.
The selection process was resetting the simulation step causing an un-scale. This issue is
resolved.
• H3D files are loaded successfully on Windows machines by a drag and drop operation of the
file on the application shortcut.
• A report template saved with HyperMesh as the active client of the session did not restore the
time scales which resulted in HyperView windows not animating correctly. This issue is
resolved.
• BeginInterpreter block in a report template that runs user defined tcl commands was getting
executed only on the first instance of a report template. Subsequent overlay or appends did
not execute the tcl statements. This issue is resolved.
• Last accessed directory is made consistent across all clients of HyperWorks Desktop as
follows
− If the preference statement *DefaultFileAccessFromWorkingDirectory is defined and set to true,
the initial directory is set to the start-in directory, and the behavior is to always save the "last
accessed directory".
− If the preference statement *DefaultFileAccessFromWorkingDirectory is not defined, the initial
 directory is set to the value saved in the hwsettings.xml file, and the behavior is to always save
the "last accessed directory".
− If the preference statement *DefaultFileAccessFromWorkingDirectory is defined and set to false,
the initial directory is set to the value saved in the hwsettings.xml file, and the behavior is to
always save the "last accessed directory".
• Window synchronization toggle is correctly updated when a new page is added or a report
template is instantiated that brings in additional pages containing multiple windows. The
toggle status was not updated previously misleading the user to think the state is turned on.
• Coordinate systems size is adjusted to be drawn more consistently between models of
different dimensions.
• The Next, Previous, First and Last button on the Animation minibar were not functioning
properly with Derived loadcases in some situations. This issue is resolved.
• Application crash resolved when exporting plot styles that had settings captured for
Projection rule.
• Note attachment to elements as a default option with preference statements caused some
issues when creating a note the first time, in a few cases resulting in application crash. In a
few other cases, the H3D was not usable. These issues are resolved.
• H3D export of models with element erosion is handled properly and only the displayed
elements are exported if chosen by the user, instead of a full model, thus reducing the file
size.
• In some cases of defining measure on nodes of a section cut, an H3D exported file did not
read in properly. The reading code is updated to handle these special cases.
• Result math on 1D element results works as intended.
• Circular symmetry combined with a planar reflection in that order is corrected to show the
correct visualization of the operation.
• Vector drawing is corrected when a tracking system is active. The values have been correct,
only the drawing of vectors did not consider the tracking transformations.
• The display state of the vector plot with hidden legends or arrows are stored and restored
correctly in session and report templates.
• Plot styles capture the colors for vector directions correctly, so the save and restore work as
intended.
• The section cut width in HyperView Player matches as that’s seen in HyperView.
• When the “use part color” option under preferences is checked, the model display now
considers any attributes for displaying the material styles on the part.
• Saved view with highest ID was activated if the user had auto-save turned on by having
*SetAutoSaveInterval() in their preference file. This resulted in the view getting updated
after the elapsed time interval for saving. This issue is resolved and the view is unaffected.
• Mesh line display status is correctly applied from an Advanced Query dialog.
• Browser tree is updated to show the display status of components after an Unmask
operation.
• File open dialog appears on the same monitor that HVP is running for a case with multiple
monitors.
• Fonts and colors for node sets were getting modified unintentionally after some edits on the
set contents. The issue is resolved.
• Updated the Notes panel code to show the field names drop down list when elements are
added using the extended selection or multiple select option is selected. Previously adding
items using this dialog did not result in the drop down being refreshed.
• Escape key takes the user out of Selector, Show/Hide/Isolate modes.
• Expression builder dialog for result math allows creation of user created datatypes even
when the checkbox “Display alias” is turned off.
• While in the Contour panel if the user creates a coordinate system, the panel is refreshed so
 the systems can be used for any transformation of the results. Previously the users had to
switch panels to refresh the resolved-in systems list.
• Turning off layers coming from report templates also turns off the notes belonging to that
layer.
• Systems that are turned off get turned on with a copy window and paste operation. The
visibility is correctly captured now in the copy paste operation.
• On Linux platforms only, if a screen or animation capture was tried to saved to a location
where the write permissions do not exist, the status erroneously showed as the file saved
successfully. A message appears now that the file cannot be saved to the location due to
permission issues.
• Set visibility is correctly captured and restored in H3D files.
• Accelerated graphics produces a good representation of quad elements in the model. No
artificial triangles are seen in display.
HyperGraph 13.0.110 Release Notes

Plot Browser - Appearance

Plot Browser - Sync Mode
Curve Shading / Reference Curves
Plot View Real Time Synchronization
Graphics Manipulator
Note Positioning
Intellisense
TableView API Support
Resolved Issues

13.0.110 Release Notes

Plot Browser - Appearance
The appearance of the HyperGraph Plot browser has been updated to be more in sync with the HyperView
browser(s). This will give users a more consistent look and feel across different clients. It includes the
ability to click on the icons for each entity to toggle the visibility on/off, in addition with the support of
categories in the Entity Editor similar to HyperView. The browser structure has been simplified by
eliminating folders for entities and replaced them with meaningful icons.

Plot Browser - Sync Mode

When the Sync Mode is turned on and an entity is clicked in the plot graphic area, the associated browser
view becomes active, with the selected entity highlighted in the browser and the properties table for that
entity displayed. This feature allows easily navigating and editing entities especially in sessions with many
pages and windows.
Curve Shading / Reference Curves
The shading of curves in HyperGraph is enhanced in order to give the user more flexibility with respect to
displaying curves with shaded areas and customizing the areas of the plot to shade. A property
“Reference” is available to set whether or not gridlines are visible over the curve and any shading. Those
reference curves will be also ignored when a plot will be fitted.

Plot View Real Time Synchronization

HyperGraph is updated to enable synchronization of different plot windows on the same page, a feature
which is already present in HyperView for model views. Axis properties like labels, scaling factors, units,
tics and grids are synced in real-time.

Graphics Manipulator
The graphics manipulator in HyperGraph allows offsetting a curve by dragging it via the left mouse button.
Before, the only way to move a curve to a different location (offset) in the X and/or Y directions was to
manually input the X and Y offsets in the Entity Editor of the Plot browser or the Scales, Offsets, and Axis
Assignments panel. This new manipulator will make it easier for the user to reposition curves as
necessary.

Note Positioning
The positioning of notes in HyperGraph is revamped in order to improve the note visibility, particularly in
plots containing multiple notes, as well as ensuring that attachment points are not obscured for
curve/coordinate-attached notes. This gives the user more flexibility with respect to position notes
relative to other notes or define a position offset between notes and the attached curve point’s
independent from the zoom factor.

Intellisense
The Intellisense for the Command Layer APIs in HyperGraph and HyperView enables the users to quickly
find API commands which apply to the handle they are working with, as well as their parameters. There
are two modes, the docked mode which displays the filtered list of commands and their parameters on the
right side of the console, as shown in the screenshot below, or the popup mode which displays the
commands within the console.

TableView API Support

In order to facilitate the use of TableView via the command window and user-defined scripts, API
commands are now available to customize the TableView client.
Resolved Issues
• HyperGraph allows you to update the curves from a result file which is updated by an active
solver run without saving and reloading the session. This feature was lost in previous versions.
• Butterworth filter works on Linux also. This issue existed since 12.0 and is now fixed.
• HGTrans no longer crashes when result files are loaded which contain a large number of
requests.
• Reading modal participation data from Nastran *.pch files no longer fails in 13.0.110.
• Adding Curves via the browser using the function "curvesum" now works as expected. Before the
curve vectors where listed in a randomly order which could have led to wrong results.
• The copying of columns in the coordinate info panel was fixed in 13.0 mainline for all 2D plot
clients. In 13.0.110 we now support the copy & paste for the single values on the left side of the
columns like X, Y, Slope etc.
• The performance issues loading curve from *.f06 files via the Build Plots Panel into HyperGraph
are resolved.
• Evaluating XML files in TextView sometimes crashed HyperWorks Desktop; this issue is fixed.
• White shaded curves and white fonts no longer turn black when capturing images via the menu
toolbar.
• Loading RADIOSS T01 file into the Build Plots panel which contain time history sections showed
the same section ID multiple times in the requests. This bug resulted in missing curves using
report templates and is now fixed.
• HyperGraph no longer goes into an endless loop when curve vectors where defined in math
expressions with vector values who differ less then an epsilon value of 1e-15.
• The problems plotting spcforc from LS-DYNA binout files are resolved.
• TextView again updates all Templex expressions while hitting evaluation mode control as it has
done in previous versions, to press the refresh button is no longer needed.
• The column reader no longer mistakenly assumes the first row as the column header reading a
simple two column csv format when the first value in the first row is negative.
• The reader for OptiStruct .out files now allows you to read filse with up to 10,000 lines of
warning messages in the header.
• The HyperGraph ApplyStyle feature no longer ignores the dB axis scale settings applying the the
current axis settings to multiple windows.
• For some curves, HyperGraph showed a continuous curve parallel to the upper edge of the plot
window instead of cropping it off; for example, when the user zoomed in and a peak was outside
of the plot window.
• Copy and paste of pages which contain live-link curves now works as expected. The Templex
math references of the curves now contain the correct page IDs.
• When reading Abaqus ODB files, the plotting of SOF1 failed since Hypergraph 12.0 when the
character ":" was used in the section name for for INTEGRATED OUTPUT. This issue is fixed.
• The akima and the spline math functions have been improved to return smooth curves even
when the input curves have a low number of points.

13.0.103 Release Notes

New Features
• Support for post processing PAM 2013 file formats .DSY, .THP and .ERHF5

13.0 Release Notes

New Publishing Features
The new HyperWorks Desktop (HWD) PowerPoint Publishing feature helps to reduce the work and
effort in generating and updating Microsoft PowerPoint (PPT) presentations from HWD sessions.
This goal could be achieved by establishing a live link between HWD and PPT. The synchronization
could be triggered either from HWD or PPT using a PPT Plug-in. Changes made in the PowerPoint
PPT presentation will be preserved when new runs will be post processed after updating your
session; for example, using Report Templates. You can predefine the PowerPoint layout for the
first publishing using PowerPoint Master Templates. The visualization of broken connections in PPT
allows easy debugging if the PPT presentation will not be updated correctly. All HWD export
formats are supported: Anim, GIF, AVI, H3D, PNG, JPEG, BMP, and TIF. Dynamic linking of
HyperGraph notes with PPT allows you to update text fields with new results. Live links are
supported on Windows, Linux will be supported by data exchange over the file system using the
PPT Plug-in.

TableView
The new TableView feature creates Excel-like spreadsheets inside of HyperWorks Desktop.
Synchronization with HyperGraph can be done using Templex expression inside of cells and allows
you to create summary tables which update accordingly using report templates. Value-dependent
formatting allows the easy detection of critical KPI's. Basic functionality to format and edit tables
is available.

Flexible Report Templates

The new easy-to-use Flexible Report panel replaces the Report Panel from earlier HyperWorks
Desktop versions. It makes reports more flexible by giving the user advanced options to handle
plotting channels during the import. All channels referring to a file could be skipped, their types,
requests and components could be checked and reconnected in case there is a mismatch. The
reconnected channels can be saved and reused using configuration files. More user-friendly color
and style settings are possible for parameters created with the Parameter browser.

Marker Tracking
The Marker Tracking feature in MediaView allows you to track any kind of markers or objects in
MediaView as the video is animated. This provides numerical data which can be displayed and
animated in the HyperGraph. Manipulation of the tracking data by applying units or other math
operations allows the comparison of tests and simulations. Markers can be added via mouse or
API. Graphical options like show/hide tracking lines and marker IDs or show tracking markers and
traces only makes it easy for the user to analyze the testing video.

Engineering Solutions
• NVH: Model and Test correlation tool MAC and CoMAC is added
• Crash: Diagnostic and model compare tools new, global control of data from browser, and
flexible report templates for mapping channels
• HyperForm: Distance between objects, section plotting, draw bead display available
Solver Interfaces
• Many enhancements and bugfixes for each solver interface is made in this release. Refer
to the complete release notes of the Solver Interfacing for more information.
• Abaqus: Support of erosion or failed elements and Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamic
(SPH)
• OptiStruct/Nastran: CSHEAR and CBEAM in Op2/XDB
• RADIOSS: Support of RADIOSS solver Element System, and Femzip-Radioss

General Enhancements
• Linux & Mac GUI:
− File open and save dialogs are extended to be similar to what’s seen on Windows with options
for saving favorites, recently visited, and creating folders from the dialog.
− Fonts are made consistent throughout the GUI, and will reflect closer to what the intended
font size versus a fixed pixel size. The fonts scale up appropriately on high resolution
monitors.

• Performing math operations on curves is now possible during curve import using the
Advanced button in the Build Plots panel. U and V vectors can be used in the X an Y
vectors to perform any kind of math operations during import.
• Unit Scaling on/off checkbox is now provided in the Options panel.
• Animated GIF can now be exported with a transparent background
• HGTrans in batch mode supports now an option to extract all time history curves from
Abaqus .odb files.
• Evaluation of Templex Expressions in 3D plot curve labels is now available.
• Update of the ELOUT reader to read strain output from LS-DYNA ELOUT file.
• Update of the hgrpc3 reader to support Simpack file format.
• Support of Templex expressions like {v.HWDatatype} - {v.HWRequest} -
{v.HWComponent} which refer to u and v vectors from type file like already available for
x and y vectors.
• Curve labels prefixes and suffixes will be displayed in the Plot browser as well as the
property area.
• Both curve label prefixes from Multiple Files and from Advanced Options can be used
using the Multiple Files feature. The prefix from multiple files will be displayed first.
• New reader and file filters in the Build Plots panel are added for the Tiem Orbit property
files that are used by Adams and MotionSolve is now available. The supported files are
from type are .bus, .reb, .dpr, .spr and .bum. A file filter for .plt files was also added.
Resolved Issues
• Copy & paste single/multiple columns of the coordinate info value into Excel works now
again as it did in HyperGraph 10.0.
• Templex functions "saefilt95" will handle the beginning and the end of the filtered curves
according to the given number of padding sample in the forth argument, the
documentation is updated accordingly. If the number of samples exceeds the limit an
error message will be raised.
• Loading bar charts with report templates sometimes took very long and the bar charts
looked disarranged. This issue is solved.
• HyperGraph can now evaluate the expression of registered HyperMath functions with
capital letters in the HyperMath function name.
• Loading T01 files into failed with an error message while the readers processed the
velocity components when no time vector was available. This issue is solved.
• Selecting files in the left window of the Multiple File tool used to create an unsorted list
in the right window. These files are now listed in dictionary order.
• The legend leader position is updated using the micro dialog menu activated by
double-clicking on a HyperGraph legend.
• In the Plot browser, entities like horizontal/vertical axis or frame color the default color in
the properties table is no longer null.
• Polar plots could be fitted per frame. If in the Axis panel the check box Fit All Frames is
unset, it will perform a fit for the current frame (frequency).
• Axis changed to dB20 scaling will be saved correctly in the session file
• The rainflow function would crash if the number of bins argument was set to certain
values, such as 128. This issue is fixed.
• Any rigid body results using the LS Dyna rdbout reader which was not available in first
block (time = 0) and appear at later time stamp will be skipped from the displayed results
in the Build Plots panel.
• Overlaying/Appending a report templates multiple times on Linux via scripting
sometimes crashed HyperGraph. This issues is fixed.
• Entry fields in HyperGraph are now accessible after using IIHS tools from Vehicle Safety
Tools on Linux.
• HyperGraph now labels the rotation angles as RX/RY/RZ correctly reading both Adams
REQ as well as Motion solve *.plt file.
• The names of curves in complex plots no longer changes using the "View Dependency"
feature
• The order of multiple curves created with HyperGraph macros by selecting multiple
curves via double-click in the name field of the macro panel was different than in the
selection.
• The bug that the user is unable to edit text in the text client when clicking the evaluate
button more than twice on Linux and Mac OS X machines is fixed.
• One of the great strength of the report functionality is that the user can overlay reports
over different instances of appended reports. The bug that the overlay starts always at
page 1 is fixed.
• Preference statement *EnableTemplexCurveNames(true/false) works as intended.
• The curve offset in X direction was doubled for some file formats, for example, Madymo.
The issue is fixed.
• The scaling of -1 was ignored when the Unit Scaling feature was on. This works now in
13.0.
• The hgthp++.exe reader is now able to read thp files which contain non-ascii characters.
• In certain plots, the y-axis data has being lost opening an existing session file. The issue
 is fixed.
• When the horizontal axis was set to the logarithmic scaling, the grid line color of vertical
axis changed to the same color as the vertical axis label's color. The issue is fixed
• Calculated time vector reading ISO MME files will be displayed without numerical errors.
• When reports templates are overlaid in HyperGraph all notes and curves will belong to the
same layer. The error that notes which are not attached to curve will be in a different
layer after saving and reopen a session created with report templates is fixed.
• Reader for ELFORCE output in punch format from FRF analysis supports the new element
force type 33.
• ABF file export works if curves have the same label. The additional curves that have the
same name will be numbered.
• Strain results SXY, SYZ, and SZX from Marc t16 file will be read correctly in HyperGraph.
In previous versions these values where wrong by the factor of two.
• Axis labels in HyperGraph Complex Plot are now positioned correctly. Previously the first
character of label has always been centered in the mid of the Y-axis.
MotionView 13.0.110 Release Notes

MotionView is a user-friendly and intuitive multibody systems modeling environment. Its

built-in parametric modeling capability and open architecture allows you to quickly build,
analyze, and improve mechanical system designs even before physical prototypes are
available. Coupled with a next generation solver, MotionSolve, MotionView provides the
perfect solution for your multibody simulation needs.
This document describes changes that have occurred to MotionView since September 2014. All of these
improvements are available in HyperWorks 13.0.110.

Core MotionView Enhancements

Measure Distance Between Points
Check Model on Opening
Enhancement in Flex Body Panel
Body Deformable Nodes Dialog
Resolved Issues

13.0 Release Notes

13.0.110 Release Notes - Core MotionView Functionality

Measure Distance Between Points
The Measure tab in the Points panel has been enhanced to measure distance between two points in any
Marker Reference Frame.

Check Model on Opening

Clicking Tools > Options > Check Model now provides an option to check the model immediately upon
opening the model.
Enhancement in Flex Body Panel
The term “Deformable” has been renamed to “Flex Body (CMS)” in the Body panel, since this option would
be exclusively used for CMS based flexible bodies.

Body Deformable Nodes Dialog

The Body Deformable Nodes dialog has been enhanced. New options Find All and Align All are now
available to find all interface nodes and align connecting points to interface nodes respectively.

Resolved Issues
• MotionView would lose the last setting of compliance option for joints. This issue has been fixed.
• The feature of controlling rotation angle of the graphic area is now available via Tools > Options
> Visualization.
 • Entity field boxes could re-size when the cursor is moved over them while using a small fonts
setting. This issue has been fixed.
• MotionView session was being held while executing Motionsolve solver run. This issue has been
fixed.
• RBE2 elements were being lost while converting an MNF to H3D using Flex Prep utility. This issue
has been resolved.
• Inserting a row in the Deformable Surface panel placed the inserted row erroneously. This issue
has been fixed.
• A issue with Parametric Points utility where special characters were being accepted in variable
names has been fixed.
• Templex function panel was not being dismissed after clicking Apply. This issue is fixed.
• Issue of truncated “Align” button on Nodes dialog in Linux is fixed.
• Defining an attachment for a system using Bushing or BushingPair resulted in a misleading error,
that such an option was not valid. This issue has been rectified.

13.0 Release Notes - Core MotionView Functionality

Core MotionView Functionality

3D Spline
MotionView now supports 3D spline which can be used as reference data for forces and motions.
A 3D spline contains several Y vectors at different Z planes, for a given X vector. It is an extended
version of the 2D spline (defined as Curve – 2D Cartesian in MotionView). A typical application of
3D spline is in applying a combustion force in an internal combustion engine, where the force v/s
crank angle data is available for different sets of engine speed. The force definition uses 2
independent variables (one for crank angle and other for engine speed).
A new icon is available in MotionView toolbar to add a 3D spline.
The 3D spline can be defined in two ways. An external .csv file with a specific format can be used
as reference or the values in the form of the table can be manually entered in the panel.

The Show Spline button in the panel brings up the visualization of the data.

Refer to > MotionView Panels> 3D Spline Panel for more details.

CAD Import Enhancements
MotionView now supports using the new CT reader in HyperMesh. The CAD import utility now has
2 options for UG import. A faster import time is observed while using the new reader compared to
the existing UG native reader.

Changes in MotionSolve XML

There is a minor change in the way the entities from MotionView are exported into MotionSolve
XML:
• The comment preceding the statement which contained the MotionView full label is
replaced by MotionView varname
• The full label has been moved to an attribute within the statement block

• The several ResOutput statements in the Command section is now consolidated into one
block

Flex Body Enhancements

Dummy bodies are now automatically added while exporting flexible body to MotionSolve when
there is an offset between the interface node and corresponding marker. The dummy body is
included when the offset exceeds the specified tolerance.
Product of inertia sign would appear reversed in Body Deformable panel compared to previous
versions. This change makes display of inertia information in this panel consistent with the
convention prevalent in MBD solutions.
Joint Friction for MotionSolve
MotionView now supports static and dynamic friction in joints defined for MotionSolve. Friction
properties can be defined for Revolute, Translational, Spherical, Universal and Cylindrical joints.
Symmetry is supported. MotionSolve uses the well-known LuGre friction model for these joints.
To learn more about joint friction support for MotionSolve, refer to the MotionView User Guide at
MotionView > MotionView Panels > Joints Panel > Joints Panel – Friction Properties Tab.

Location Functions
MotionView 13.0 introduces new set of functions that can be used to define the Point entity. These
functions help define points locations that are dependent on other coordinate systems and inputs,
that generally could have resulted in complex math expressions. The following table lists the new
functions with a brief description.

Function Description

loc_rel_to Locates a given set of coordinate values or point or marker in a given

reference frame

loc_cylindrical Locates a given set of coordinate values in a cylindrical reference frame

loc_along_dir Locates a point along a vector at a certain distance from an origin point

loc_between Locates a point between two points at a certain distance ratio

loc_mirror Locates a point symmetric to a reference frame about a specified plane

These location functions return a vector of 3 values that represent the point coordinates in the
global reference frame. Use the index [0], [1] or [2] to extract the x, y, z values respectively. An
example of defining a point about a marker in cylindrical coordinates using the function
“loc_cylindrical” is shown below.

Merge Bodies Feature

A new feature Merge is available now in the Project browser context menu that helps in merging
two or more rigid bodies. This feature would be particularly useful during initial set up phase of
model building, generally following a CAD import. Two or more bodies that may be represented as
a single rigid body can be merged into one body using this feature. The merge handles:
• Calculation of combined mass/inertia and CG
• Changing other entity references (graphics, joints, and so on) from bodies being merged
to the new bodies
 • Merged bodies cannot be used on a pair body, point mass body or a deformable body
• Refer to Merge Bodies help to learn more about this feature

New Toolbars
To improve usability and ease of access new toolbars have been introduced.

Point Macros Helps to access Create Points macros – using

Coordinates, along a Vector, along a curve and at Arc
center

Other Macros Provides access to other macros – measure angles, Find

Entities, Create Markers on Deformable surface and
Contact Properties Editor

Check Model Available on the MotionView toolbar, helps in executing

“Check Model”

Point Creation Utility

A new point creation utility called Parametric Points is now available. This utility helps in
importing large set of points, with reference to different set of coordinate systems. The utility can
be used to create points in cylindrical coordinates as well as create mirroring points with respect
to the defining coordinate systems. The Parametric Points utility utilizes the location functions
described above.
The utility can be accessed from the Utility menu by clicking Create Points > using

Coordinates or through the icon in the Point Macros toolbar (newly introduced in this
release).

Refer to MotionView Menus > Macros Menu > Create Points > using Coordinates in the MotionView
help for more details.

Project Browser Enhancements

Performance improvements:
• Faster response times when opening models and updating the browser. For example, a
full-vehicle model with sixteen analyses now opens 15-35% faster than prior releases.
• Performance bottlenecks in the Browser’s ‘Delete’ operation have also been removed.
The time it takes for the ‘Confirm Delete’ pop-up to appear is much quicker now,
especially when the number of items being deleted is large.
• Color changes made through the browser now propagate more quickly than in previous
releases; we have seen 30-50% faster times when cascading a color from parent to its
children using this release.
Progress reporting: The status area below the Project Browser now reports progress when opening
models with messages:
• 'Loading Model…'
• 'Populating the browser…'
New keyboard shortcuts: Additional keyboard shortcut for the Project Browser have been enabled.
(Refer to the Online Help for other supported keyboard shortcuts.)
• Ctrl+A is enabled to ‘Select All’ entities in the Project Browser.
 • Ctrl+\ is the shortcut for ‘Unselect All’ entities
• Shift+Delete now allows you to delete immediately, without being prompted by the
‘Confirm Delete’ dialog.

Run Solver Panel Enhancements

The Run Solver panel for MotionSolve solvermode has been revamped to simplify and improve
usability.
• The various dynamic tab has been removed
• The Simulation End time and Print interval is moved to the Main tab along with Simulation
type
• Simulation Parameters are available in Simulation Settings dialog
• Output Options are available in Output Options dialog
• Check Model button has been removed. Instead a Check Model icon is available in the
MotionView toolbar which can be used at any instance (not just when Run panel is active)

• Simulation Settings and Output options dialog supports wider range of attributes for
MotionSolve
• View Log button is available to view the log file of the solver run

Shared Definitions
Entities such as Systems, Assembly and Analysis, (referred to as definition based entities) are
created through an instantiation statement in the MDL that refers to a definition block. It is
possible that multiple instances can be instantiated off of the same definition block. Such
instances are referred to as shared instances or linked instances. Below is an example model
containing shared instances.

*BeginMDL( the_model, "Model", )

*System( sys_0, "System 0", def_sys_0 )
 *DefineSystem( def_sys_0 )
// sys_1_shared uses definition def_sys_1
*System( sys_1_shared, "System 1", def_sys_1, p_0, p_1 )

// sys_2_shared also uses the same definition def_sys_1

*System( sys_2_shared, "System 2", def_sys_1, p_2, p_3 ) *Point( p_0, "Point
0" )
*PointPair( p_1, "Point 1" )
*Point( p_2, "Point 2" )
*PointPair( p_3, "Point 3" )
*SetPoint( p_0, 0.0, 1.0, 10.0 )
*SetPoint( p_1, LEFT, 0.0, -10.0, 0.0 )
*SetPoint( p_2, 0+10, 1.0, 10.0 )
*SetPoint( p_3, LEFT, 0.0+10, -10.0, 0.0 )
*EndDefine()

// Definition block def_sys_1 begins

*DefineSystem( def_sys_1, p_att1, p_att2 )
*Attachment( p_att1, "Attachment point 1", Point, "Select attachment.", , )
*Attachment( p_att2, "Attachment Point 2", PointPair, "Select attachment.",
, )
*Point(p_in_shared, "Point in shared def")
*Body( b_0, "Body 0", p_att1, , , , )
*Graphic( gsph_0, "Sphere 0", SPHERE, b_0, p_att1, 2.0 )
*BodyPair( b_1, "Body 1", p_att2, , , , )
*GraphicPair( gbox_0, "Box 0", BOX, b_1, CENTER, p_att2, ZX, VECTOR,
V_Global_Z, VECTOR, MODEL.V_Global_X, 2.0, 2.0, 2.0 )
*EndDefine()
// End Definition block
*EndMDL()

MotionView 10.0 GUI and earlier versions handled shared instances as though they originated
from different definitions. Once the model with shared instances loaded in MotionView and any of
the shared instances got modified, the linkage was severed and MotionView saved the instances
by referring them to different definitions. This inherent behavior was lost from version 11.0
onwards. For examples, modifying a system instance by adding, deleting or changing the topology
of an entity within, resulted in the same change being applicable to the other instance that shared
the same definition as the system
From version 12.0.110, better support for shared instances has been provided in the MotionView
GUI.
 • The browser indicates the sharing between instances with a separate hand icon appended
to the standard icon of the entity.
• The user has a choice of breaking linkage automatically when modifying a shared
instance. A new option is available under Tools -> Options -> Build Model to control how
shared instances should be handled while modifying them
• Right click context menu in browser provides option to list shared instances as well as
stop sharing the definition
To learn more about managing shared definitions, refer to the MotionView User Guide at
MotionView > MotionView Overview > Container Entities > Managing Shared Definitions.

Other Enhancements
• The Mesh and Shade options in the Visualization tab of Graphics entities are reorganized to
streamline with the possible options available:

• Model Selection Behavior: Selecting the model from the Project (or using Model >
Select from the graphics window) no longer highlights everything in the OpenGL window.
This helps to avoid the ‘cluttered’ look of having everything in the model shown selected
in white. Note that the panel area still updates to show the System panel corresponding
to the model, as expected.
• MotionView templex functions now supports appending 'd' as a keyword to suggest
angles being in degrees

Resolved Issues
Entities
• Mass, inertia, CM were not being written to adm when CM Coordinates was not assigned
for the body. This issue is fixed.
• Issue of missing orientation information of a marker belonging to a Point mass body is
fixed.
• Direction Cosine of markers were displayed incorrectly when using "Orient by Angles"
option. This issue is resolved.
• There was an issue with the point collectors for orienting markers not selecting an
attachment point of the parent system. This issue is now resolved.
• An application error related to toggling of a marker as Floating marker is resolved
• A bug in reporting missing reference files is fixed. The “File not found” error was not being
reported the second time or if there were more references missing in the Curve panel
• An application error on Export Curve in the Curve panel is fixed
• Origin field in the Joints panel not appearing with blue background while referring to the
Point pair attachment is fixed
• Explicit Spring graphics can now be added while defining a spring damper
• Curve Panel: Clicking on “Show curve" with Interpolation fails with errors when HW
session contains a HyperGraph client. This issue is fixed
• "Show curve" failed to update once an erroneous value has been entered in the curves
panel. This issue is fixed
• Flickering of HyperWorks application was observed when reading curve data with display
set with small fonts. This issue is resolved
• Access to help on Vector panel through F1 key was broken in v12.0. This is fixed
• An issue related to erroneous setting of isbush datamember for non-compliant joints
during cut & paste into a system or analysis is fixed
• Curve to Curve joint definition between a flexible body and rigid body resulted in error in
MotionSolve. This issue has been resolved
• An issue of shell (.shl) graphics not being read by MotionView is fixed
• “Material inside” information related to box, cylinder and sphere graphics is not saved
into the mdl file. This issue is fixed
• An application error on using "Orient by angles" option to orient Beam I or J markers is
fixed
• The Rho (r) property in polybeam now displays value in exponential form
• Parametric expressions in the Solver String entity field were not being evaluated. This
issue is resolved
• Solver Differential equation that contained Static Hold and Implicit option resulted in an
additional comma (,) between these arguments during an ADM export. This issue has
been resolved
• An issue of missing <Post_request for compliant joint in MotionSolve xml when the
output is created by Output on Body in MotionView is resolved
• An issue of MotionSolve XML containing <Post Request related to compliant joint pairs
when the joints are set to non compliant is resolved
• An error encountered when cutting a Template and pasting into another System or
Analysis, is fixed
• A resulting application error while modifying a Form entity within an Assembly is fixed
• A problem with ineffective deactivation of the Forms entity is fixed
• An application error is selecting dataset options after repeated clearing of MotionView
session is fixed
• Add Assembly dialog ignored the Attribute “Type” while adding or reselecting assembly
using existing data. This issue is resolved
• A problem with references to the left and right side of pair entities in the Attachment
Candidates dialog is fixed
• The issue of incomprehensible Messages in message log related to deactivated entities is
now fixed
• Cone' option for 'Tangent-Plane' type in Constraint Mate entity in Advanced Joints was
missing. This issue is resolved
 • Output panel for Action only Force on Body did not gray marker choice and set to
I_MARKER. This issue is resolved
• Entity Info dialog, using note-pin was not refreshing ID field(s) when using 'Evaluate ID
on Apply' option. This is fixed
• Plant Input and Plant Output references were not being written into <Param_Linear
statement, with "Use in Linearisation" flag is checked on. This isssue has been resolved
• Nonlinear bushings Displacement outputs were exported to MotionSolve referring to J
Float marker. In certain scenarios, it resulted in erroneous measurements. This has been
corrected. The output is now measured between the I and RM markers
• The attribute “hold_order” for Control_PlantInput was not being exported to MotionSolve
XML. This issue has been resolved.
• U and V parameters of parametric surface were not exported to MotionSolve. This issue is
fixed
• Surface graphics entities were not being exported to MotionSolve. This issue is fixed
• An error in creating deformable surface due to misinterpretation of node values specified
in exponential form is resolved

CAD Import
• Importing Parasolid resulted in incorrect scaling of graphics. This issue has been
resolved.
• Mass, Inertia scaling was not proper when a FE model in unit SLINCH were imported. This
issue has been fixed.
• Issue of Parasolid imports that results in several parts being combined into fewer bodies
is resolved.
• Issue related to failure of import while specifying Locator points has been resolved.
• Parasolid Import will henceforth automatically set "Input file length" as meters.
• Points were not being created during CAD/FE model import with interactive HyperMesh
option. This issue is fixed.
• An application error while closing "Import is a success" message after clearing the
message log is fixed.

Flex Bodies
• Copying a long list of node numbers in Interface nodes fields in Flexprep utility resulted in
a scrambled view. This issue has been fixed.
• Issues related to incorrect modes and interface nodes while converting h3d to mnf and
mnf to h3d are resolved.
• Erroneous GENSTIFF matrix was being written out while converting h3d to mtx when
using kgf as the solver unit. This issue is fixed.
• MotionView now exports ModeLoad section to MotionSolve XML whenever the flex body
h3d contains modal loads.
• Flexbody generation tool used to lock the .out file resulting in non-usability of the tool
using the same output filenames. This issue has been resolved.
• Damping values in the Flexbody panel in Abaqus solver mode were not being populated
on loading of the model. This issue is fixed.
• SUP file path was not getting populated in Body panel for Abaqus solver mode. This issue
is resolved.
• Message when a dummy body was introduced upon export at flex body interface node did
not include the corresponding marker’s parent entity. This issue is fixed.
• Message related to insertion of dummy bodies for a flexible body is repeated while
 exporting to Adams.
• The Find Nodes dialog in Body Deformable -> Properties tab were not listing markers
from compliant joint. This issue is now resolved.

Graphical User Interface

• Selecting a Point Mass body does not highlight its implicit graphic on graphic screen. This
issue is fixed.
• An issue with scroll wheel not working in the Expression builder is resolved.
• “Run” toolbar was not visible when a folder with name “run” existed in the model
directory. This issue is resolved.
• Entity attachment collectors for a system failed to pick entities from the graphic area
when a default was specified for the attachment. This issue is resolved.
• Expression builder reports “Error Evaluating” while accessing data members within a
table. This issue is fixed.
• Expression builder does not show datasets under sys_misc system. This issue has been
resolved.
• Entity selected in browser of a MotionView window is lost when changing between
multiple MotionView windows. This issue is fixed.
• Right click at the bottom of the browser resulted in context menu to appear further away
in Linux. This issue has been resolved.
• Selection focus in the Project Browser was lost when an entity was deleted. This issue is
resolved.
• Project Browser: Find tool or search feature returns blank entries such as in Datasets ID
column when searching for '0'. This issue is resolved.

MDL
• Graphic system definition failed to import using the System -> Import tab. This issue is
resolved.
• An app error in the task wizard when more than one task has the same varname is fixed.
• Paths for definition files of auto-entities were being saved as absolute paths. This issue is
fixed.
• MotionView crashes when opening a model which does not specify "varname" in
*BeginMDL() block. This issue is fixed.
• Orientation references of marker in an assembly were saved as global reference (e.g.
MODEL.body.cm.xaxis) instead of as a local reference (body.cm.xaxis). This issue is
fixed.
• Warning message appearing due to illegal pair designation for graphic definition is
resolved. The warning used to appear when MotionView corrects the graphic instantiation
using *GraphicPair statement instead of *Graphic statement.
• CommandSet now supports deactivation and activation of VFORCE/VTORQ and GFORCE
elements. The deactivation of pair entities, while exporting to ACF file, was ignored. This
issue is fixed.

Open/Save/Import/Export
• Importing of adm statements with user subroutine having a space between USER and
following bracket resulted in an incomplete expression. This issue is fixed.
• ADM Import: Function with value in a MOTION statement resulted in an error. This issue
is fixed.
• ADM files with expressions having large blank spaces from the beginning of the line leads
to expressions being truncated.
 • A system with an existing definition name being imported in an assembly renames the
definition. This issue is fixed.
• Problem with *Set statements not being saved to the data file mdl after cut and paste into
an assembly is resolved.
• *RegisterSolverScript and *RegisterReportsLog specified in a user preference is not
recognized by MotionView. This issue is resolved.
• MotionSolve XML export contained compliant joint markers when joints were set to
non-compliant. This issue is resolved.
• An application error encountered when exporting data in "Data Summary" dialog, is fixed.
• There was an issue with the Save As dialog on Assembly not appending .mdl extension
automatically. This issue is fixed.
• Loading a model with assemblies having two instances of an external definition resulted
in a crash. This issue has been resolved.
• Saving of mdl file in Linux platform sometimes resulted in creation of a null file. This issue
has been resolved.
• Browsing for file name from File fields on Linux and Mac shows full path in the file select
dialog instead of file name only.
• The issue of mdl_batch not accepting space in the path of input file has been resolved.
• The body and graphic entity information within an assembly was not being written to MAF
file. This issue has been resolved.

Performance
• Opening Assembly models with several sub assemblies took longer times compared to
cumulative time for opening individual sub assembly models. This issue is resolved.
• Issue of longer times on opening models containing assemblies with shared definition is
resolved.

Others
• The macros to create markers for deformable surface create incorrect location of markers
when node coordinates were specified in exponential form. This issue is fixed.
• An Application Error while using right click in "Find Connected Entities" macro is fixed.
• Add dialog's keyboard shortcuts don't work when the Caps-Lock is on. This issue is fixed.
• MV entity referring to a file in library via URL hwedm:// is shown as Error Evaluating in
12.0.110. This issue is fixed.
• Some of the Output options in the Run panel such as Multibody Results File (.mrf) and
Altair Binary File (.abf) were not saved in MDL. This issue is fixed.
• The FIM_S selection of the Force Imbalance Method in the Static simulation parameters
tab was exported as FIM_D. This issue is fixed.
• Data members such as state and ic_use_trans (Joints entity) in MotionView model were
not accessible in HyperStudy. This issue has been resolved.
• Mass /moment of Inertia allowed adding the same component so many times. This issue
has been resolved.
• Mass moment of inertia for Polybeam bodies was not listed in CG inertia summary. This
issue has been resolved.
• CG inertia summary allowed adding the same body in the table more than once. This
issue is fixed.
• Application error was observed in the CG Inertia Summary due to unresolved references
in the Inertia Coordinates tab in the Body panel. This issue is fixed.
• A Java exception error in Load Export while extracting the “Peak” values of the load is
 resolved.
• Load Export now supports export of loads due to field entity.
Automotive Extensions in MotionView and MotionSolve
Altair MotionView ships with a vehicle library that can be assembled using the Assembly Wizard
and Task Wizard dialogs. The library is made up of system definitions that can be assembled
together to represent either a front half vehicle, rear half vehicle, full vehicle or power train. The
Assembly Wizard allows you to select and assemble different permutations of a vehicle from the
available wizard options. After creating an assembly wizard model, you can add an analysis using
the Task Wizard dialog.

Vehicle Dynamics Tools

MotionView and MotionSolve support an extensive set vehicle simulation tools.
• MotionView now includes new vehicle dynamics preference. New entities are available for
modeling bushings, springs, dampers, rebound-stops, bump-stops, tires and drivers
• MotionSolve contains new dlls (or shared libraries) that capture the behavior of these
entities
• The tools support activities in the areas of:
− Suspension kinematic and compliance (K&C) analysis,
− Vehicle dynamics,
− Durability, and,
− Ride Comfort
These entities support TiemOrbit property files along with reuse of common Adams/Car™ property
files with your MotionView and MotionSolve models.
The MotionView online help describes how to add these entities to your model. Use of the vehicle
dynamics tools requires installation of HW-Solvers 13.0. 0.
In MotionSolve, the following are common to all modeling elements:
• An equal but opposite force is applied on two bodies that these entities are defined
between
• The force applied depends on the displacement and velocity of one body relative to the
other
• Outputs specific to each entity are supported, for example tire lateral slip angle for the
tire entity
• The parameters (for example stiffness), used to compute the force are stored in a
property file that is independent of the MotionView MDL file and the MotionSolve input
deck. The property files are
− Text files and may be viewed and edited using any common text editor
− Compatible with Adams/Car – property files from Adams/Car may be reused with the Auto
Entities in MotionView
− Read by MotionSolve just prior to analysis

Entity Function Features

Bushing Elastically mount • Exerts force and torque in all directions.

(autoBushing) suspension arms, • Non-linear force/torque verses deflection
links, sub-frames, interpolated from tabular data using Akima’s
engines, gearboxes,
method
etc. to vehicle
chassis • Linear damping

Bump-stop Limit suspension • Exerts a force along a line to repel two bodies
(autoBumpstop) bump or jounce when the distance between the bodies is less
 travel than the threshold
• Non-linear force verses deflection interpolated
from tabular data using Akima’s method
• Linear Damping

Damper Dissipate energy • Exerts a force along a line between two bodies
(autoDamper) stored in springs • Non-linear force verses velocity interpolated
and damp chassis from tabular data stored in a property file using
motions
Akima’s method

Rebound-stop Limit suspension • Exerts a force along a line to attract two bodies
(autoReboundstop) rebound travel when the distance between the bodies exceeds
a threshold
• Non-linear force verses deflection interpolated
from tabular data using Akima’s method
• Linear Damping

Spring Limit forces in • Exerts a force along a line between two bodies.
(autoSpring) suspension • Non-linear force verses deflection interpolated
components and from tabular data using Akima’s methods
isolate chassis by
absorbing energy • Optionally set the initial load or length of the
from vertical road spring at vehicle input position
inputs

Tire - FTire Version Generate forces for • COSIN FTIRE (flexible ring)
14-2 (autoTireCTI) steering,
• FIALA
accelerating, and
braking. Isolate the • Pacejka 2000 Magic Formula tire models
vehicle from small • 3D and 2D Road Models including Curved
road irregularities Gridded Road (CRG)
• COSIN RGR
• The version 14-2 of FTire provides improved
handling of 3D roads
• An improved Bekker soil model is now
supported
• There are many other enhancements. For more
information regarding FTire, please see
http://www.cosin.eu/release_notes

Tire – CDTire • Generate forces • Supports family of CD-Tire models (flexible

Versions 3.0.3 and for steering, ring)
4.0 (autoTireCD) accelerating, and • 2D and 3D Road Models including CRG
braking
• An environment variable CDTIRE_VERSION
• Isolate the specifies the version to be used. If the
vehicle from environment variable is not set then CDTire
small road Version 4.0 is used. If the environment variable
irregularities is set to “303”, then CDTire Version 3.0.3 is
used.
• CDTire version 4.0 supports two new tire
models CDT30/RT and CDT50
• CDT30 is a real-time compatible tire model. In
CDT30, arbitrarily small road wavelengths may
be specified in tire plane, but the profile is
 considered constant in the lateral direction

• CDT50 is capable of supporting full 3D roads

and 3D obstacle enveloping. CDT50 provides
highly accurate answers

• These 2 models are only supported in transient

simulation
• User Defined Road & RSM4000 (3D road) are
now fully supported

Tire – TNO Version • Generate forces • MF-TYRE – Pacejka 2008

6.2 for steering, • SWIFT-TYRE (rigid-ring)
(autoTireTNO) accelerating, and
braking. • 2D and 3D Road Models, including CRG
• Isolate the • MF-SWIFT Version 6.2 includes a motorcycle
vehicle from tire model that includes high inclination angles
small road characteristic of motorcycle tires
irregularities • Version 6.2 supports OpenCRG release 1.0.5
for including measured 3D roads in a
MotionSolve simulation
• NOTE: The licensing of MF-SWIFT is different in
version 6.2. MF-SWIFT users must obtain a new
license file and new license server software
from TNO. MF-TYRE is not affected by this
change

To learn more about auto entities, refer to the MotionView User Guide at MotionView > Vehicle
Dynamics Modeling > Auto Entities.

Vehicle Initial Conditions

This new feature enables the solver to assign initial velocity conditions to a full vehicle model
during run time. This also enables the solver to predict the initial conditions of the rotating wheels
based on the loaded radius that is obtained during the static analysis. This makes the initial
conditions provided to the transient simulation more accurate compared to the old method of
setting the initial conditions explicitly using the unloaded radius.

MotionView – MDLLIB option

The library now provides an option in the analysis dataset to use a user control subroutine
CONSUB to set the initial conditions of the vehicle.

MotionSolve - CONSUB
SETIC sets the vehicle longitudinal velocity and SETWIC sets the rotational velocities at the
wheels.
SETIC
Function name: SETIC
DLL name: mbdtire
User Expression: USER(<Branch ID>,<Reference marker ID> , <Vx>, <Vy> , <Vz>)
Feature notes: Assigns appropriate initial velocity to the bodies

Parameter Description Type and Range Dimension

Branch ID ID to indicate the origin of the {Integer} NA

mode 635 : MOTIONSOLVE

Reference marker Reference marker ID {Whole number} NA

ID

Vx Velocity along x axis of the {Real number} LT-1

reference marker in mm/s

Vy Velocity along y axis of the {Real number} LT-1

reference marker in mm/s

Vz Vz {Real number} LT-1

Example in MotionSolve xml Deck:

<UserProgramControl
usrsub_param_string = "user(100,30101010,19999.7)"
usrsub_dll_name = "mbdtire"
usrsub_fnc_name = "SETIC"
/>
SETWIC
Function name: SETWIC
DLL name: mbdtire
User Expression: USER(<Branch ID> , <VM>)
Feature notes: Assigns appropriate angular velocity to wheels
Uses loaded radius of the tires

Parameter Description Type and Range Dimension

Branch ID ID to indicate the origin of the {Integer} NA

mode 635 : MOTIONSOLVE

VM Magnitude of Initial velocity in {Positive real number} LT-1

SETIC in mm/s
SQRT(Vx2 + Vy2+ Vz2)

Example in MotionSolve xml Deck:

<UserProgramControl
usrsub_param_string = "user(635,19999.7)"
usrsub_dll_name = "mbdtire"
usrsub_fnc_name = "SETWIC"
/>
Hydraulic Power Steering Model (Rack and Pinion)
The power steering for the rack and pinion is completely redone and simulates the parts of a
hydraulic system with inputs for boost cylinder area and boost curve.
Features:
• Uses a circular beam instead of a linear spring to connect the gear input shaft to the
pinion
• User inputs are boost cylinder dimensions and boost curve in PSI
• Boost force is applied at the rack and is a function of
− Area of cylinder,
− Angular twist (valve opening) in the beam,
− Boost curve,
− Cylinder efficiency in %
This new system can be activated from the MDLLIB using a new option that is available.

The steering boost would reduce the amount of steering effort required to turn the steering wheel.

Adding Property File Based Systems (AutoEntities)

The Assembly Wizard in 13.0 now allows you to add a system definition that uses a property file for
the springs, shocks, bumpstops and reboundstops. The system definitions display their own panel
when selected if the Vehicle Dynamics Tools preference is loaded.
Frequency Dependent Bushing Model
MotionAuto provides a new extension to MotionSolve for modeling the amplitude and frequency
dependent behavior of rubber and fluid filled (hydro-mount) bushings. The amplitude and
frequency dependent behavior is important for ride-comfort and durability simulations. The new
model’s features include:
• Frequency and amplitude dependent rubber and hydromount damping formulations
• Constant, cubic, and spline stiffness formulations
• Local structural stiffness and travel limits of the bodies the bushing connects
• Input (displacement and velocity) scaling
• Output (force and torque) scaling
• Force and torque preloads
• Displacement offsets
• Friction and stiction based on the LeGrue model
HyperGraph includes a Model Identification Tool (MIT) which given test data identifies bushing
model parameters, plots model results against test results, and writes a TeimOrbit™ format .gbs
file containing the model parameters. MotionSolve reads the bushing parameters from the .gbs
file prior to analysis.
MotionView ‘s MBD -Vehicle Dynamics Tools includes support for adding frequency dependent
bushings to a MotionView model; second, For more information see:
• HyperGraph MIT documentation
• Vehicle Dynamics Tools documentation for frequency dependent bushing
• Simulation Model documentation
Advanced Drivers (Experimental)

CSE Powertrain Model

The 13.0 vehicle library includes a new control state based powertrain that consists of an IC
engine, clutch and manual gearbox. It is available when assembling a full vehicle with the
advanced driver.

Altair Open Loop Driver

MotionView 13.0 includes Altair’s own driver analysis which currently supports open loop events
only. Setting the environment variable HW_MV_EXPERIMENTAL = ADVANCED_DRIVER, enables
an option in the Assembly Wizard to build a full vehicle with this advanced driver.
The open loop driver allows the user to hook up any signal to the steering angle, throttle, gear,
clutch and brake solver variables. This allows the user to run a full vehicle using the CSE
Powertrain and the disk brake sub-system
VI-Driver
MotionView 13.0 includes an environment variable driven option to run full vehicle models using
VI-driver. Setting HW_MV_EXPERIMENTAL = ADVANCED_DRIVER, enables an option in the
assembly wizard to build a full vehicle with advanced driver. After creating the model, the task
wizard allows you to add a VI-Driver task and defaults to the coast event (coast.vdf).
This allows the user to create a Full Vehicle Model capable of running the VI-Driver developed by
VI-Grade

Updated Tire Versions

Tire model versions supported by MotionSolve have been updated. The following table lists the
updated versions for each type of tire models.

Previous Version New Version

CD Tire 3.0.3 4.0.0

COSIN Tires 2011-3 2014-2

TNO Tires 6.1 6.2.0.2

Resolved Issues
• User Tire Graphics: An incorrect argument in the grasub template was causing the tire
graphics to be displayed incorrectly when using HTire. This has been fixed.
• Macpherson kingpin axis (SDF): The kingpin pin axis is now a vector through the upper
strut location and the lower ball joint location instead of using just the lower ball joint, as
was the case in previous releases.
• AutoSpring Preload: The set up auto-spring preload option now correctly sets preload
conditions
• CDTire Auxiliary Outputs: The CDTire outputs for Tire Kinematics and Tire velocities
information is now correctly provided corresponding to the requested tire.
 • Open CRG Binary Files: Fixed issue where MotionSolve would error out when FTire/HTire
encountered a binary OpenCRG file. Fixed issue where MotionSolve would error out when
a TNO tire encountered a binary OpenCRG file.
• CDTire User Road: CDTire user road now supported via the 4.0.0 interface provided by
CDTire. This can also be used via the MotionView GUI.
• CSE Powertrain – Engine Stall: Fixed issue making the CSE Powertrain less prone to
stalling the engine during large changes in the Engine speed state by checking for the
stall criterion only on converged steps.

Known Issues
• Vehicle Dynamic Tools Auto-Entities cannot be selected from the graphics view for
modification. You must select the entity in the model browser.
• Vehicle Dynamics Tools preference option is not being loaded when invoking other clients
and then switching to MotionView. It is recommended to invoke MotionView directly to
use the Vehicle Dynamics tools.
• ADM files with expressions having large blank spaces from the beginning of the line leads
to expressions being truncated.
• An increase of memory usage and model opening time is observed with large set of
assemblies sharing system definition through external files.
• “Material inside” information related to box, cylinder and sphere graphics is not saved
into the mdl file.
• Browsing for file name from File fields on Linux and Mac shows full path in the file select
dialog instead of file name only.
• Message related to insertion of dummy bodies for a flexible body is repeated while
exporting to Adams.
• When the origin for the Points collector in the Inertia Coordinates tab of the Body panel is
unresolved, the CG inertia summary assumes inertia is specified in the global coordinate
system.
• F1 keyboard shortcut help on Vectors panel leads to an Error page.

13.0 Release Notes - The Altair Bushing Model

HyperWorks HW13.0-HWDesktop contains new features for supporting frequency, and amplitude
dependent bushings. The implementation consists of four different components that work
together. Collectively, they provide a comprehensive capability for identifying bushings from test
data and, subsequently, using bushing models in a simulation. The components are summarized
below.

Model Identification Tool

The MIT manages the workflow associated with fitting experimentally-measured bushing data to
analytical bushing models and storing these in ASCII property files. The models in this context are
for frequency, amplitude and preload dependent bushings. Two dynamic and three static models
are supported. The MIT is launched from HyperGraph.
MIT Fitting Tool
This tool is invoked by the MIT user interface. It applies sophisticated numerical methods to
calculate model coefficients so that deviations between model behavior and known experimental
data are minimized. The fitting tool is an extension to HyperGraph.

Bushing Model in MotionView

This is a set of panels in MotionView to instantiate and modify frequency, amplitude and preload
dependent bushings in a vehicle model.
Altair Bushing Simulation Model
The Altair Bushing Simulation Model is used with fitted bushing models in a multibody simulation.
It is a solver run-time demand load library (.dll or shared library) that works with MotionSolve.
Adaptors for Adams/Solver™, MATLAB™ and SIMPACK™ are also available.
The use of this new capability is illustrated in the figure below.

The user interaction with this system is as follows:

• The user interacts with the MIT to fit bushing test data to analytical models. The output of
the fitting process is a GBS file that contains the coefficients for the analytical models. The
GBS is thus an analytical representation of the test data.
• A full vehicle model is built in MotionView. Bushings are used as flexible connectors at
various places in the vehicle.
• The model is passed to MotionSolve, the MBD solver. At run time, MotionSolve loads the
 Busing Simulation Model dll (or shared library) to evaluate bushing behavior.
• The output from the solver is a set of files that describe the complete response of the
vehicle for the test that was performed.

For more detailed information, please see the release notes for the Model Identification Tool.
HyperCrash 13.0.110 Release Notes

General Improvements and Enhancements

RADIOSS Block Format User Profile
LS-DYNA User Profile
Solver Conversion
Resolved Issues

13.0.110 Release Notes

General Improvements and Enhancements
• Creation from the browser is now available through right click context menu
• Preference file support
− User defined path for material, property, function database
− Set default export options
− Define other default values for options such as feature angle
• New message area:
− Colored icons to warn and filter message by type (error, warning, info)
− Copy/Paste from message area to text file
• New icons in the toolbar to:
− List part information
− Cross reference parts
• Cut section capability
− Define a cutting plane along a global axis or a user defined normal direction
− Display a cross section of the model
• Maintain view across session: current view is automatically saved at export and retrieved when
the model is imported back
• Enhanced navigation:
− Options move to folder and move to Menu in the context menu allows you to quickly navigate
between the panel / browser / XREF
− Editing entities in the XREF window is now available
• In the Curve/function panel, there are new icons to:
− Export a selection or all the curves to a file
− Import a curve from the database
• In the right click context menu a new move to include option is available. This option allows you
to move any entity and its support to an existing include in the model. This option is available
from the browser or list selection in the panel
• Constrained Interpolation in LS-DYNA and RBE3 elements in RADIOSS are now represented as
lines between the dependent node and the independent node(s)

RADIOSS Block Format User Profile

The following enhancements were made on the Radioss Block user profile:
• New panel for sections (/SECT):
 − Generic page
− Full support for /SECT/PARAL and /SECT/CIRCL
• New panel for common node (/CNODE):
− Generic page
− The model checker allows determining if the CNODE can be connected or not
• In the right click contextual menu of the browser it is now possible to:
− Convert /GRNOD/BOX to /GRNOD/NODE
− Add part and subset to time history
• Failure model (/FAIL) can now be encrypted
• Newly supported keywords:
− /ANIM/BRICK/BFRAC
− /ANIM/BRICK/VFRAC
− /ANIM/BRICK/ORTHO_DIR
− /DAMP/INTER
− /DT/THERM
− /UPWIND
• Updated keywords:
− Property: Type6, Type12, Type14
− Material: Law4, Law27, Law66, Law77
− Monitored Volume: AIRBAG1, COMMU1, FMVBAG1
− Interface: Type14, Type19, Type20, Type21, Type24
− Centrifugal load: /LOAD/CENTRI
− New parameters for /TH/MONVOL

LS-DYNA User Profile

The following enhancements were made on the LS-DYNA user profile:
• New user profile LSDYNA 971R7 is now available, supporting all new modifications based on
solver version 971 Release 7
• The following keywords are newly supported:
− *CONTACT_GUIDED_CABLE_OPTION
− *CONTACT _OPTION_MORTAR
− *ELEMENT_SHELL_COMPOSITE
− *ELEMENT_SOLID_DOF (I/O)
− *ELEMENT_TSHELL_COMPOSITE (I/O)
− *INTERFACE_SPRINGBACK_LSDYNA
− *PART_SENSOR
• The following keyword were updated to LS-DYNA R7.1:
− *MAT_034
− *CONTROL_ALE
− *CONTROL_CONTACT
• The following material are newly supported:
− *MAT_208 − *MAT_220 − *MAT_221
− *MAT_225 − *MAT_226 − *MAT_234
− *MAT_235 − *MAT_241 − *MAT_242
− *MAT_243 − *MAT_244 − *MAT_251
 − *MAT_256 − *MAT_267 − *MAT_269
− *MAT_271 − *MAT_27
• Native LSTC dummies can now be positioned in HyperCrash like any other dummy
• Import / Export of fully encrypted include files as well as partially encrypted properties, materials
and functions is now available.
• Enhanced graphics for *CONSTRAINED_EXTRA_NODES and *CONSTRAINED_RIGID_BODIES
• Preview table of the replace part by pairing
− Parts outside pairing are now shown
− Columns have been rearranged to improve legibility

Solver Conversion
• The following enhancements were made on the conversion from LS-Dyna to Radioss:
− *AIRBAG_SHELL_REFERENCE_GEOMETRY is converted into EREF
− *CONTACT_AIRBAG is converted into interface type 23
− *MAT_089 is converted into material law 65
− *MAT_119 is converted into spring type 13
− MAREA in *SECTION is converted into /ADMAS type2
• Some enhancements were made also on the conversion of rigid bodies from RADIOSS to
LS-DYNA
• The following enhancements were made on the conversion from OptiStruct to RADIOSS:
− CONTACT converted into interface type2, type 7 or 10 depending on the definition
− CPYRA converted into brick elements
− PBUSH and CBUSH are converted into spring type8 or 13 depending on the definition
− RBE3 elements are converted into RBE3 or RBODY depending on user preference
− RBE2 elements converted into RBE2 or RBODY depending on user preference
− SURF are converted into /SURF

Resolved Issues
• The content shown for cylindrical and spherical type of box was incorrect
• Implementation of material law77 in RADIOSS V11 and V12 was incorrect
• Resolved some performance issues that occurred when updating a contact definition with a very
large number of segments
• Parameter expressions with more than 90 characters were not exported properly
• The relative path definition was not maintained at export if the master file was exported at a
different location than the original one
• Mapping of fiber direction from material law 58 to material law 25 has been corrected
• Nodal thickness definition in Nastran were incorrectly read and mapped

13.0 Release Notes

General
Support of Reference Geometry
It is now possible to apply the reference geometry (XREF or
*INITIAL_FOAM_REFERENCE_GEOMETRY) to the model and create a reference geometry by
 selecting parts of the model.
A new reference geometry panel is available in RADIOSS and LS-Dyna user profile that allows
listing and reviewing the initial state of the mesh.

Dummy Positioning through Pre-Simulation

Large rotation of the dummy limbs can induce intersections in the dummy model. If these intersections
are not addressed they can lead to wrong kinematics and results. Dummy positioning with
pre-simulation allows moving the dummy limbs without creating intersections.

Seat Deformer through Pre-Simulation

Seat foam deformation through pre-simulation is available in HyperCrash. This technique allows you
to:
• Achieve better mesh quality compared to traditional morphing techniques
• Remove intersection and most of the penetrations
• Take into account pre-stress (through reference geometry)

Lock/freeze Feature
Allows locking some entities against modification, deletion, renumbering during the session or in a new
session (the lock status is saved at export).
Unresolved ID Management
HyperCrash now supports unresolved IDs. This feature allows retaining the ID even if the entity
referenced by this ID is not defined in the imported file. For example, importing an include file
containing parts which material is not defined in the imported file but in another file.

Support of Parameters

HyperCrash now supports parameters for LS-Dyna and RADIOSS (new feature in RADIOSS v12)
Support of Groups
Groups can now be created in a separate panel in HyperCrash for the RADIOSS and LS-Dyna user
profiles. These groups can then be subsequently referenced in the relevant entity (contacts, initial
velocity, boundary condition…)

RADIOSS Block Format User Profile

RADIOSS Block 13.0 Support
A new RADIOSS user profile has been created to support RADIOSS 13.0. The supported keywords
are listed below.
New Keywords
• /MAT/LAW81: Drucker-Prager with cap
• /MAT/LAW83: Advanced connection material
• /FAIL/TAB1: Strain failure with dependence on lode angle
• /FAIL/NXT: Forming limit diagram based on stresses
• /FAIL/SNCONNECT: Failure according to plastic strain criteria
• /INICRACK: Initial crack definition (for XFEM)
• /INSHE/THICK and /INISH3/THICK: Define initial thickness for shell elements

Modified Keywords
• /FAIL/CONNECT: Add ISYM for failure in compression deactivation
• /FAIL: Support optional failure ID
• /INTER/TYPE2: Support new flag Ignore=3
• /INTER/TYPE3: Support idel -1/-2 flag
• /INTER/TYPE5: Support idel -1/-2 flag
• /INTER/TYPE7: Support idel -1/-2 flag and new options related to heat generation through
friction
• /INTER/TYPE10: Support idel -1/-2 flag
• /INTER/TYPE11: Support idel -1/-2 flag
• /INTER/TYPE18: Removed Istf flag and renamed Stfac to Sftval
• /INTER/TYPE19: Support idel -1/-2 flag
• /INTER/TYPE20: Support idel -1/-2 flag
• /INTER/TYPE21: New flags to support heat generation through friction
• /INTER/TYPE24: Support new card format and flags to
• /MAT/LAW10: Support new option Pext
• /MAT/LAW20: Remove density flag
• /MAT/LAW21: Support new option Pext
• /MAT/LAW36: New format allows defining more than 10 curves for strain rate dependency
• /MAT/LAW51: Support for form=11 (Drucker-Prager Yield criteria)
• /MAT/LAW76: Support new card format for strain rate dependency
• /MAT/LAW77: Support new card format for internal and external gas
• /MAT/LAW80: Support new flags Xscale_i
• /PROP/SPH: Support definition of direction of orthotropy
• /PROP/TYPE9: Support Ismstr=11
• /PROP/TYPE12: Support for new flags (fct_IDft, Yscale_F and Xscale_F)
• /PROP/TYPE14: Support Itetra=3 and Ismstr=11
• /PROP/TYPE28: Support new flags (X_SCAL and Y_SCAL)
• /PROP/TYPE43: Support new Ismstr option
• /TABLE: Support new flag for function scale

Panel Improvements
The following entities can now be created in HyperCrash:
• RBE3 panel in the Mesh Editing menu allows the creating and modifying of the RBE3
 element
• Dedicated BOX panel in the RADIOSS Tools menu allows the reviewing, creating and
modifying of /BOX
• Interface type1, 9 and 12 can now be created via the Contact menu
• Material type 5, 11 and 20 can now be created in the Material menu

Kinematic Joint (KJOINT2)

Added graphical representation and creation capabilities for the different type of joints (revolute,
spherical, cylindrical…)

LS-DYNA User Profile

Include File Import
This new functionality allows the import of only some include of a complete deck by selecting the
needed include from the main deck.

Replace Parts by Pairing

This functionality improves the accuracy of the replace functionality when replacing several parts.

Newly Supported Load Types

• *Boundary Temperature
• *Database Pwp Flow
• *Load Blast
• *Load Blast Segment

Part Panel Enhancement

Part type column added to display the icon corresponding to part type: rigid, initial condition,
unresolved, connection.

Dyna2RADIOSS Converter
Enhanced Conversion
The conversion was improved for:
• Several material laws (*MAT_024; *MAT_034 ; *MAT_081 ; *MAT_089 ; *MAT_089)
• Contact parameters (friction and contact thickness options)
• LS-Dyna titles to RADIOSS titles
• *SECTION_BEAM with STYPE08 and 09
• *CONSTRAINED_JOINT

Newly Converted Keywords

• *AIRBAG_SIMPLE_PRESSURE to /MONVOL/PRES
• *AIRBAG_INTERACTION to /MONVOL/COMMU
• *CONTACT_AIRBAG_SINGLE_SURFACE to /INTER/TYPE23
HyperWorks Automate 13.0.110 Release Notes

Automate is a new and advanced utility in the HyperWorks Desktop environment for easily creating and
executing flow-based processes.

Introduction
User Interface
Creating a Process
Tasks and Processes
Key Benefits

Product Features and Capabilities

Tasks
Processes
Execution Modes
Programming Support

Licensing
Known Issues

Introduction
Automate is a new and advanced utility in the HyperWorks Desktop environment for easily creating and
executing flow-based processes.

The figure above shows the layout of the User Interface during a typical Automate session.

User Interface
Key components of the User Interface include the following:
• Task Palette and Process Palette: Shown in green on the right side of the figure, these tabs
display the task blocks and processes available in the current session.
 • Process Window: Shown in blue, this is the area where you construct and run your process
models.
• Tasks: Shown in red inside of the Process Window, these blocks contain the programmed tasks
that you link together to create processes.
• Model Browser: Shown in brown, this browser displays the components and properties of the
current process including the input and output defined in the task blocks.

Creating a Process
The typical operations you perform to create and run a process include the following:
• Drag-and-drop blocks from the Task and Process Palettes into the Process Window.
• Connect the task blocks via ports to form a new process.
• Define the inputs and outputs of the process through the Model Browser.
• Run the process.
• Review the results of the process which are displayed in the Main Console under the Process
Window.

Tasks and Processes

Automate contains catalogs of predefined tasks. You can add to these catalogs by creating new tasks
authored in TCL using the documented HyperWorks API. Thus all HyperWorks Desktop functionality is
potentially available for reuse within Automate.
Automate lets you easily assemble and run tasks from multiple HyperWorks products to form complex
processes. You can save and reuse any tasks and processes you create, and apply them to a variety of
contexts and analyses. Moreover, you can include them as sub-processes for composing more complex
processes. Such sub-processes can be easily bundled into super tasks that can hide complexity and help
you manage lengthy processes.
Automate facilitates collaboration and high-level customization by enabling users with varied expertise to
contribute to task catalogs. Tasks and processes can be authored to rigorously follow corporate standards
for performing various functions, and stored in catalogs for reuse. Catalogs thus help companies to
automate and strictly adhere to their most critical analytical processes.

Key Benefits
Users with various levels of expertise can benefit from Automate. Engineers and analysts can run
processes more efficiently. Methods teams and administrators can provide their customers with
easy-to-use tools that incorporate best practices and advanced expertise.
Benefits for Design Engineers and Analysts
• Automation of tedious and repetitive tasks.
• More time to improve product design and performance.

Benefits for Methods Teams and Administrators

• Easy customization of software to meet end-user requirements.
• Advance uptake of best practices through automation.

Product Capabilities and Features

The following is a summary of the key capabilities and features of Automate. Note that the terms task and
block are used synonymously in the summary.
Tasks
Default Task Catalog
• This release of Automate focuses on loads acquisition and component durability calculations. A
set of default tasks (blocks) that support this process is included with the software.
User-Defined Tasks
• You can use the HyperWorks Desktop API from any product to create new tasks. All tasks should
be authored using TCL and should follow a well-defined protocol. Please review the guidelines in
the Reference Manual to create your own blocks.
Create Super Blocks to Hide Process Complexity
• You can select multiple tasks in the Process Window and bundle them into a single super block.
The use of super blocks simplifies process description by hiding the complexity of sub-processes.
Super-blocks can be masked. When masked, the contents of the super block are hidden and
inaccessible to users.

Processes
Catalog of Process Templates and User-Defined Process Templates
• In the Automate environment, a process is simply a sequence of connected tasks. Tasks can be
composed from different HyperWorks products and subsequently connected. Automate enables
you to compose and execute processes that contain tasks from many different HyperWorks
products.
Execute Process Templates With Multiple Data Sets
• A process is a template, and when executed, it asks you for the required inputs. Thus a single
process can be run as many times as needed with different sets of inputs.
Save and Reuse Process Templates
• Process templates can be saved and displayed in the Process Palette. Saved processes, like
tasks, can be dragged from the Process Palette to the Process Window and executed.

Execution Modes
Interactive Mode (default)
• In interactive mode, you graphically create and execute processes.
Batch Mode
• In batch mode, the user interface is not used. You supply all required inputs via an XML input file.
Debug Mode
• The debug mode is especially useful when constructing large or complex processes. In the debug
mode you can set breakpoints and step through the execution of a process. At breakpoints you
can evaluate and examine variables and understand the operation of a process.
Log Files
• Regardless of execution mode, all output from Automate is captured in a humanly readable log
file. You can review the log file to ensure that your process has executed without unexpected
warnings or errors. The TCL/TK error logging mechanism is used to create the log file.

Programming Support
These considerations become important when you are creating your own tasks. Automate supports the
following capabilities to help you create user-defined tasks:
Programming Languages
• ITCL (http://incrtcl.sourceforge.net/itcl/) or TCL/TK (http://www.tcl.tk/) can be used to create
tasks.

Data Types
The following built-in data types are provided for your convenience:
• Integer
• String
• Double
• User-defined datatypes as ITCL objects

User Interface
• User-defined tasks require a user interface for entering task inputs. See the Automate online help
for details about creating user interfaces.

Licensing
4 HWU Leveled

Known Issues
• The delete function is unpredictable when modifying processes at certain levels in the task
hierarchy.
• The Text Editor for the Task Builder Wizard must be manually loaded for Linux and Mac.
• If the following error is issued: pc_119 Error for Invalid data type assignment, you need to
relaunch the HyperWorks session.
• The command ::hw::RestoreClientPanel must be used prior to the HM pushpanel command. In
addition, multiple use of the HM pushpanel command from the HM Collector Widget in Automate
freezes the HM panel.
BasicFEA 13.0.110 Release Notes

Added Moments to Linear Static and Sliding Contact Loadsteps

Unit Display in Browser
Resolved Issues

13.0.110 Release Notes

Added Moments to Linear Static and Sliding Contact Loadsteps
Moments can now be created directly from the BasicFEA browser.

Unit Display in Browser

Units are now displayed on each entity with a defined unit system via the BasicFEA browser. When
changing unit systems the values as well as labels will automatically convert.

Resolved Issues
• Simplified run analysis workflow to allow user to save model directly from run analysis command
• Fixed issue with order changes of tetra elements and error with rigids
• Fixed issue with incorrect property assignment for sliding pins
• Fixed browser refresh issues for increased speed and usability
13.0 Release Notes

Drag and Drop

Parts can now be dragged and dropped in and out of assemblies from the BasicFEA browser.

Localization
BasicFEA is now translated into Italian, which makes 13 total languages supported.

Maximizing Computing Power

Right before running an analysis, BasicFEA determines the number of usable cores and available
RAM on the machine. This is then passed to the solver, and results in major runtime speedups.

Load Distribution Body

A new type of rigid body has been added. The Load Distribution Body is used to distribute
applied loading without adding stiffness to the model.

Friction
Friction values can now be applied to all sliding pins and sliding contacts. Remember to use the
Sliding Contact Loadstep to activate non-linear contact.

Preferences
All settings and preferences are collected in one location accessible at the top right side of the
BasicFEA browser.

Resolved Issues
• User materials saved in units other than mm tonne N MPa were not being converted
properly
HyperWorks Collaboration Tools 13.0.110 Release Notes

13.0.110 Release Notes

• When connected to PDM Systems, users can now filter their download selection based on desired
data file types. Previously, when selecting items for download, all attached data file types were
retrieved, resulting in a lot of unwanted file transfer and files.
• Attributes for searching for data in PDM systems is now configurable. Previously, it had been
limited to a small set of attributes, such as Name, Revision, and Description.
• Item types being searched for in PDM systems is now configurable. Previously, it had been
limited to a small set of fixed item types.
• Now displaying additional and more relevant attributes when searching for data in PDM systems.
• Resolved the application error when advanced queries performed from HWCT Connect returned
zero results.
• A user’s list of registered repositories is now maintained from one version of HyperWorks to the
next. So users no longer need to re-register their repositories when a new version of
HyperWorks is installed.
• Performance improvements when downloading files from remote repositories.
• Transformation matrix now scaled via configuration file when importing parts via PLMXML BOM
file. Previously, no scaling was possible, which resulted in PDM-HM unit incompatibility for some
customers whose CAD was modeled in different units than their FE.

13.0 Release Notes

HyperWorks Material Library

Built on the Collaboration Tools framework, the Material Library is an out-of-the-box tool available
with HyperWorks. It provides users with:
• rapid access to corporate or group material information needed by their simulations
• assurance that material properties used in simulations are up-to-date and accurate
• seamless integration into HyperMesh and the HyperWorks Desktop
Users no longer have to hunt around for required material information, and they no longer have to
leave their pre-processor to find and seamlessly import such information.
Feature highlights include:
• Logical organization of material data and files
• Ability to add material data and files individually or in bulk
• Simple and advanced library searches, based on automatically extracted metadata and
also text within material files themselves
• Library find and filter
• Preview and compare material properties or stress-strain curves
• View, edit, and full version control

Windchill Integration
With this new PDM connector, customers with PTC Windchill can now directly access CAD and
other information stored in their corporate PDM system. Like the other PDM connectors, the
Windchill connector allows users seamless log in and query within Windchill, without ever leaving
the HyperWorks Desktop. The bi-directional connection allows users to both pull data and files
(such as CAD geometry) from Windchill as well as push/publish (such as meshes, solver decks)
back to Windchill.

Key to Metals Integration

With this new connector, Key to Metals customers can now directly access material data stored in
their corporate material database. Like the other connectors, the Key to Metals connector allows
users seamless log in and query within Key to Metals, without ever leaving the HyperWorks
Desktop. Users can search for materials based on their Key to Metals metadata, including
standards and language, and then select the mechanical and physical properties required for their
simulations. The material information is exported from Key to Metals as the chosen RADIOSS
material card type and can be directly imported into HyperMesh.

Delete/Obliterate Enhancements
Users can now select multiple contents to delete. It is now possible to obliterate all versions of a
deleted content in a single step. Previously, contents had to be deleted individually, and versions
also had to be obliterated one at a time.

Get To
Get to allows users to retrieve contents to a location other than their workspace. This is useful
in cases where contents have very long folder paths in the repository, which, due to operating
system limitations, cannot be resolved in the workspace.
When retrieving the contents, you have the option whether or not to retain the folder structure
and whether or not to retrieve referenced contents.

Checkout Lite
Available only when using remote (team) libraries, Checkout Lite allows users to checkout a
content without retrieving its document(s) to the workspace. This is helpful when only a
metadata change is needed, and copying the document(s) to the workspace would be time
consuming.
HyperMath 13.0.110 Release Notes

ReadVectorBuilder
Export Plots as Images
Query Plots
Tables
New Functions Added in HyperMath Language
Startup
Messages
Resolved Issues

13.0.110 Release Notes

ReadVectorBuilder
A GUI utility is created to read a CAE result or a data files, process information and expose information to
be chosen from the different fields. The output is complete commands using ReadVector and
ReadMultVectors, along with the necessary arguments, to be used in HML scripts.

Export Plots as Images

Using the SavePlot() command, HyperMath Plots (2D and 3D) can be exported into a variety of formats :
PNG, BMP, MVW (for reading into HyperGraph).

Query Plots
Values on curves (2D plots) can be queried interactively using the CTRL key when dragging the mouse
over a curve.

Tables
Tables display is improved. Tables now display sorted fields, together with the type and size of their
elements.

New Functions Added in HyperMath Language

The following functions are added:
• linspace, logspace, heaviside
• edit, memory, length, trim
• SetXGridDivision, SetYGridDivision, SetZGridDivision, GetXRange, GetYRange, GetzRange
• getuserid, getpid
• GetNumberFormat
Startup
A HyperMath (HML) script can now be executed at each startup of the application. This is very useful for
loading user functions.

Messages
Warning messages are improved with more details and precise location of the issue within the script.

Resolved Issues
• Clear/clearall issues are resolved
• Help access issues (caused by HM2GO server, introduced to fix Chrome limitations)
• Parsing issue (mixing functions and operations)
• Some memory issues have been fixed (matrices in tables, loops)
• Fixed issue with sort function applied on matrices
• Issue when users rename a variable in the Variable browser is fixed
• Power operations have been fixed
• Issue when exporting quoted strings from HML to TCL is fixed
• Issue about saving plots and views in project file is solved
• Fixed issue about matrix display in HML window
• Various issues with plot zoom and plot axis are fixed
• Display of boolean variables in the Variable browser is fixed
• Error messages fixes

13.0 Release Notes

HyperMath-ScriptView Merger
With 13.0, ScriptView no longer exists as a separate product. All functions have been incorporated
inside HyperMath. All ScriptView features are kept and the connection from HyperWorks Desktop
products to execute or debug both HML and TCL scripts is maintained.

New Matrix Class

The underlying handling and storage of matrices has been redeveloped. The use of dedicated,
standard libraries helps to provide better performance and a number of additional functions such
as eig(), svd(), and improvements to existing functions.
Also, with this change, the handling of empty matrix, Inf, NaN and complex operations has been
extended.

Path Management and File Browser

The handling of the current path has been revisited. The current path used in scripts is now in sync
with (and can be modified from) the File Browser widget.

Library Browser and Console

The Library Browser has been re-implemented.
The console display has been improved (fonts, alignment). The completion mechanism has been
revisited and made consistent between the console, the Library Browser and the Help pages.

Plot Enhancements
Besides resolving issues, the Plotting infrastructure has been redesigned. In addition new
functions such as AddPoints() and ClearPlot() have been added.

Utility Functions
A number of utility functions have been added, such as: what, who, which, ispc, isunix, fileparts,
hmlfilename, isdir, unix, exist, time, tic, toc, pause, and memory, along with some table
management functions.

HyperStudy Function Registration

Similarly to HyperGraph in previous versions, HyperStudy functions can now be registered
automatically in HyperStudy from within the HyperMath Editor window.

Resolved Issues
• Clear and memory issues
• Empty matrix handling issues
• OptiStruct-HyperMath bridge issues
HyperStudy 13.0.110 Release Notes

Run Matrix Import

Failed Runs in Reliability Optimization
Batch Processing of Fit
Bulk Addition of Objectives and Constraints
Validation Matrix Residuals
Other Enhancements
Resolved Issues
Known Issues

Introduction
HyperStudy enables users to explore, understand and improve their system designs using methods such
as design-of-experiments and optimization. HyperStudy generates intelligent variations of the
parameters of any system model and reveals relationships between these parameters and the system
responses. Using HyperStudy, users can make better decisions and optimize the performance, reliability
and robustness of their systems.
HyperStudy 13.0.110 contains a series of updates to streamline the user workflow and increase
productivity. The Run matrix import allows user to quickly get data into HyperStudy. Interface changes
such as the introduction of channel selectors in numeric tables lets the user to efficiently see only data of
interest. The enhancements to the Fit approach enables the creation of a study to sample, Fit, and
Optimize in a single batch run.

13.0.110 Release Notes

Run Matrix Import
The Run Matrix window has added support for the direct import of values from plain text (.csv) and
HyperStudy post processing (.data) files from other approaches. The guided process allows the
mapping of data columns to existing design variables and responses within the study. This can reduce
the effort involved to bring existing data into HyperStudy.

Failed Runs in Reliability Optimization

The reliability-based optimization methods are enabled with an option to ignore failed analyses, allowing
the optimizations to continue when an individual run fails to during the evaluation process, making the
optimization methods more robust for optimizations with direct solver calls.

Batch Processing of Fit

Imported matrices of a Fit apprach, by default, define the specified data source with a dynamic reference.
A Fit approach can now be built from a source matrix evaluated in the same batch run. For example, this
allows you to run a process of design of experiments evaluation, Fit construction, and Optimization or
Stochastics analysis with one batch submission.

Bulk Addition of Objectives and Constraints

The Responses tab (previously titled Unused Responses) has new option to create objectives or
constraints from highlighted responses. This alternate workflow will save time for problems with
numerous objectives or constraints by reducing the number of required clicks.

Validation Matrix Residuals

In a Fit approach, the presented residuals can be toggled to show the input or validation data sets.
Inspection of the validation residuals can be used to better assess the Fit quality by inspecting the
differences between predicted and actual values in the validation matrices.

Other Enhancements
• General speed performance enhancements when working with parameterized files and line plots.
• User interface automatically refreshes during evaluation, and the manual refresh button is
removed.
• The Statistics tab is restructured to present data by category and is renamed Data Integrity.
• Channel selectors are available for all numeric tables in the work area.
• The default number of runs in a Sweep Study is increased from 3 to 5.

Resolved Issues
• Multi-execution is available for studies with Internal Math models.
• Workbench model types not operating correctly is resolved.
• The usability of discrete design variables is improved

Known Issues
• Relative paths in a response is not recommended as the current working directory may change
• Responses from older study files that use binout or rth files may be incorrectly evaluated in
current versions due to reader changes. Older study files that use these files should be
reviewed.
• Tooltip on the Optima tab of an Optimization approach presents incorrect data.

13.0 Release Notes

Excel Plug-in
Trade-off 1D post-processing of the Fit approach can now be reported to Excel spreadsheets,
allowing trade-off studies in Excel, independent of HyperStudy. This makes the trade-off studies
portable and usable. This capability withdraws 5 HyperWorks units. In order to use this
functionality, users need to add the HstAddinFit plug-in to Excel the first time they are using it.

Improved HyperMesh and MotionView models

You can now add HyperMesh and MotionView as models directly in HyperStudy; there is no need
to open the models in HyperMesh or MotionView first and start HyperStudy from within the
pre-processor.
New Ansys Workbench Model
Ansys Workbench is a new model type in HyperStudy 13.0. Inputs and direct outputs of a Ansys
Workbench project file (.wbpj) are imported as design variables and responses. This capability
works with Ansys Workbench versions of 12.1 through 14.0 on win64, and win32.

New Parameter Editor

Editor is replaced by a new Parameter Editor. Parameter Editor performs better with large files. It
also has a streamlined but powerful user interface.

HyperMesh Parametrization
In HyperMesh 13.0, any numeric attribute can be made a parameter in the LS-DYNA user profile.
These parameters can then be imported to HyperStudy to be used as design variables.

Other Enhancements
• Purge: Purge allows you to minimize the size of your study directory during and/or after
an evaluation by removing unnecessary run files.
• Localization: HyperStudy user interface can now be displayed in five additional
languages: Japanese, Korean, Chinese, German, and French.
• Sweep study: Sweep study is a new specification in study setup. It allows the user to
quickly create a sweeping type study.
• Boxplot: Box plot is a graphical representation of data that displays the distribution of
data. It displays the spread and skewness of the data and easily identifies outliers.

Resolved Issues
• hst_ng, hstbatch_ng executables are retired.
• HyperStudy no longer hangs on importing variables when a WebEx application is open.
• In the DOE post-processing, interactions panel, a normalization problem that caused
incorrect y-values is solved.
• In stochastic approach, initial values for the design variables can now be changed.
• When using an external optimizer HyperStudy did not write VALIDAT parameter in the
.opt file. which caused the optimizer to start evaluation in the validation step. This no
longer is an issue.
• Given a run matrix, the returned linear regression was incorrect due to the wrong scaling
factor used in some cases when negative numbers were used. This no longer is an issue.
• DV initial value was reset to lower bound when values cell under details tab is opened,
even if it is canceled. This no longer is an issue.
• If the design variables of a fit are linked to other design variables, fits did not return the
correct values for the responses. This is no longer an issue.
• The resvec GUI did not display the correct contents; each data was 1 index off from the
actual position. This is no longer an issue.
• Performance issue when extracting from large output files is solved.
Known Issues
• An aborted connection between HyperStudy and either HyperMesh or MotionView models
cannot be re-connected within the currently open HyperStudy session. In order to
re-establish the connection, HyperStudy must be restarted.
HyperForm 13.0.110 Release Notes

13.0.110 Release Notes

New Features

Incremental - RADIOSS
• Modeling lancing process in the User process
• Modeling springback with constraints approach in multistage model setup
• New RADIOSS solver mode to choose among four level between Speed and Accuracy
• New Die compensation tool to compensate for springback
• Batch multistage run will honor HyperForm settings at the instant of multistage model creation

Incremental - LSDYNA
• Options to define number CPU’s run for LS-DYNA run in HyperForm Settings

Resolved Issues

One–Step
• Issue with element highlighting when queried from Formability plot has been fixed.

Incremental - General
• Drawbead Editor dialog hidden behind the HyperForm window has been fixed.
• Drawbead calculator supports all the materials in HyperForm to estimate the forces.
• Reset of tool displacements in Multistage setup when the Mating parts are not defined has been
fixed to avoid erroneous model setup.
• Issue with export of mesh in Nastran format has been fixed.
• Application crash during process optimization for tailor welded blanks has been fixed.

Incremental - RADIOSS
• User Process not being populated upon loading RADIOSS input files from version HF 12.0 and HF
11.0 in HF 13.0 has been fixed
• Error in solver run with reading of STA file followed by tool mesh files has been fixed

Incremental - LSDYNA
• Issue with tool motion Keyword in the local coordinate system has been fixed
Die Module
• Binder creation by Single Curve and Flat option has been fixed for robustness issues.
• Issues with binder creation for models with symmetry constraints have been resolved.
• Issues with trim line creation from mesh has been fixed.
• Application crashes during binder and addendum edit have been repaired.
• Remeshing the die during blankholder and punch creation from the Die browser has been fixed.

13.0 Release Notes

Pre-processing
Common (RADIOSS and LS-DYNA)
• Multistage process setup using the User Process has been updated with a setup page
for easy definition and quick overview of all the stages in the multistage forming
process.
• Process optimization
− Enhanced to handle optimization in multistage forming process
− New objective function supported – Minimize springback
− New design variable added – Blank shapes
• Custom animation definition is made available for every tool motion definition for
ease of animation file request based on the press motion like in real stamping
process.
• Trim line / Blank shape predictor tool introduced for robust prediction of Trim
line/Blank shape using incremental simulations results for net shape
manufacturing.
• Option to define stroke for binder as an additional input in the Auto process single
action model setup for better positioning of punch relative to the binder/blank
holder.
• Support of Datum information in the solver deck for repositioning upon loading
them in HyperForm.

RADIOSS Only
• New RADIOSS Mode based on Advanced Mass Scaling (AMS) solver technology that
improves solution speed and accuracy has been supported for both adaptive use case
(Fast - Fine mesh) and non-adaptive use case (Fast [Adaptive] – new).
• Support for modeling Hot Stamping process using new material model (Hot stamping
HS Steel) that accounts for mechanical, thermal and metallurgical changes during the
forming process.
• Support for modeling composite forming process has been introduced through the
Auto process. It supports composites modeling using sandwich and multilayered
approach.
• Hydroforming model setup has been enhanced to account for axial feed in the process
definition.
• Improvement in solver solution speed when the drawbeads are modeled with
simplified line approach.
• LAW80 – Hot forming material law. This law allows modeling the ultra-high strength
steel behavior at high temperatures and the phase transformation phenomena from
austenite to ferrite, pearlite, bainite and martensite during cooling.
• FAIL/NXT – New stress based failure criteria implemented based on the Nxt Failure
 model.
• INTER/TYPE 21 – Metal forming contact
− Supports non-uniform temperature distribution on the master tool surface.
− Accounts for friction energy in the thermal calculations.
− Supports modeling of tailor welded blank with thickness defined at /PART keyword.
− Performance and scalability improvement.
• INTER/TYPE8 – Drawbead contact
− Supports normal force and bead depth in the contact calculations.
• DT/THERM
− Time step calculation based on thermal parameters to speed up thermal only simulations
like heating and cooling.

Resolved Issues
• Common - Incremental RADIOSS and LS-DYNA
− Tool sits far away from the blank (shell and solid) during initial positioning.
− Unable to card edit the material after creation
− Animation count in the User Process by default is set as off.
• Incremental - RADIOSS
− State file request after run time
− Multistage model setup has been improved for robustness. Several issues addressed
include:
 Tool takes blank element ID resulting in failure of solver run
 Adaptivity reset between stages
 Trimming failure
 Reading STA file from previous stages
− Tools passing through the stoppers
− Solver fails to run due to improper connectivity because of trimming
− Guide pin modeling has been improved with new contact that avoids common solver
error of excessive penetration and failure of solver run
− LAW 78: Stability issues
− LAW 73: Engine stop when extrapolation from tables was giving yield stress less than
zero
− Unexpected large number of animation files written by engine
− Slow starter performance with model having drawbead contact INTER/TYPE8
− Compatibility of Barlat material model with Advanced Mass scaling
• Incremental - LS-DYNA
− Fixed issue of missing local system definition in input deck for process setup that
involves local tool motion
• Die Module
− Extract the outer boundary of the part as trim line based on geometry
− Performance of punch and binder creation from die has been significantly improved
− Irregular addendum creation when the part is hidden
− Random crash of the software while adding or removing ribs has been fixed
− OneStep RADIOSS
− While plotting formability either from the OneStep browser or FLD Plots panel, mismatch
of colors corresponding to different zones in Formability contour and FLD plot is fixed.
− Difference in the initial blank shape exported in IGES and STEP format.
− Renaming the Drawbead in OneStep tab changes the force level to high
− Blank Fit and Blank Nesting
 − The blank shape exported after blank fit is not in the component position.
− Results Initializer
− Handling component associated with material names that have special characters

Post-processing (HyperView)
New Features/ Enhancements
• Drawbeads defined using simplified line model will be displayed in HyperView for
efficient post processing.
• Support %thinning for blanks modeled with solid elements.
• New post processing tools added:
− Distance between Objects – Calculate the gap between two objects.
− Section Cuts – Allows the user to define section cut and plot the contour variation along the
section cut as 2D graph in HyperGraph.
HyperXtrude 13.0.110 Release Notes

13.0.110 Release Notes

New Features
• Updates to batch interfaces of extrusion wizard to improve meshing of complex geometries and to
automatically write a component map file.

Resolved Issues
• Resolved issues in the HX Job Manager remote scripts configuration module.
• Show partial/full run status in HX Job Manager.
• Resolved issues to the Fit Material module for Polymers and adding new material to user’s
location.
• Resolved data handling errors in create Billet macro.
• Fixed issue in computing Billet Diameter for models with symmetry.

13.0.103 Release Notes

New Features
• Updates to batch interfaces of the Extrusion Wizard to improve complex geometry meshing and
to automatically write component map files.

Bug Fixes
• Bugs fixes to HX Job Manager remote scripts configuration module.

13.0 Release Notes

HyperXtrude/Metal Extrusion
Automatic Extraction of Flow Volume
A macro to automatically extract the negative volume for the tool assembly with just one-click has
been added. This macro will greatly minimize the model preparation time.

Automatic Billet Creation

A macro to automatically create a billet is implemented in 13.0. This macro can determine the
billet center from die surface or edge. In addition, you can directly specify the center coordinates.
This macro will automatically estimate the upset billet length from the specified data.

Easy to Use Geometry Cleanup Macro

A macro to automatically perform geometry cleanup is implemented in 13.0. This macro will
estimate the target, minimum, and maximum element sizes for the solids in the selected
component and automatically clean the solids. Users will have the option to change the estimated
sizes before cleanup.
Utility Menu Reorganization
The Utility menu has been reorganized to access all features easily and also to reflect process flow.

Specifying Billet Taper Data

Billets are often heated with temperatures varying axially from the dummy block end to the die
end. This is called Axial Taper. Similarly, Radial Taper and Lateral Taper heating is also
used. Using the new Billet Taper macro, you can specify these three types of tapers in the
analysis.
• Axial taper specification can have up to five zones and temperature can vary linearly in
each zone with different gradients.
• You can specify lateral taper and radial taper in the model. These do not vary by zones.
• This data is required only for transient analysis.

Starter Billet
Using the Billet Taper macro, you can specify starter billets of different lengths and use different
ram speed for each billet. This data is relevant only for transient, multicycle analysis. You can
specify up to 5 different initial cycles with varying billet length data. In addition, you can use
different axial tapers for each of the initial cycles. Data specified for the last initial cycle will be
used for rest of the analysis.

Super Alloy Extrusion Using Glass Lubrication

The Extrusion Wizard now supports glass lubricated (with glass pad and glass powder coating)
extrusion. This is often used with nickel, titanium, and steel alloy extrusion. Previously released
versions of the HyperXtrude solver did not support the analysis of these extrusions and you will
need a custom version of the solver.

Glass Pad Material Model

The user interface now supports a new material type, Glass Pad. This material data can use either
polynomial or VFT constitutive laws. In addition, the interface can fit the coefficients for VFT model
directly from the composition of the glass. In the material database, there is another material
type called Glass Properties; this is provided for backward compatibility and will be removed in
13.0.110.

Mandrel Offset
While meshing the models with die mandrel, it is recommended to mesh a flushed model; that is,
with no offset in the mandrel. This will also result in mesh with good quality elements in this
region. However, in this release you can mesh the model with the offset. If the offset is included,
then you should specify the length of the Mandrel Offset in the bearing BC data. This will enable
the solver to account for this in bearing friction computations. Due to this change, data
exported in 12.0.110 will require the 12.0.210 solver installation. This selection is enabled in the
Export panel.
Tool Deflection Analysis in User Units
The Tool Deflection Wizard now supports user units. For example, if you set up the model in British
units, results from OptiStruct will have displacements in inches and stresses in ksi. This is
accomplished by automatically scaling the material data to create unit consistency.

Easy to Use Solid Edit Macros

The macros Connect and Merge are added to enable one-click solid editing. Merge will merge the
selected solids. Connect will create a shared common surface at the interface between adjacent
selected solids.

Fit Material
The Fit Material interface in the HyperXtrude material database has been improved. Users can now
specify the material data interactively or via the DAT file as in previous versions.

HX Job Manager
Support to submit OptiStruct runs on remote machines has been added.

Resolved Issues
The following critical bugs in the HX Job Manager are resolved:
• Issues related to automatically creating password free connection are resolved.
• Putty and Gzip locations can manage folder name with spaces. This will enable the user to
install them in the Program Files folder.
• While setting up clients, user can pick BAT files instead of executables.

The following issues were resolved in the Tube Extrusion Wizard:

• Unsupported unit systems are disabled.
• Errors in geometry creation are resolved.
• Errors in specifying correct friction conditions are resolved.
• Time step is computed correctly even if the user does not use the variable time step
option.

Resolved errors in estimating billet diameter in the Parameters panel; now the Billet-Container BC
is used to estimate this value.
Sometimes the user specified mesh in my_2D_Bearing is deleted if the tet mesher fails. This
issue is now resolved.
HyperXtrude for Polymer Processing
Automatic Extraction of Flow Volume
A macro to automatically extract the negative volume for the tool assembly with just one-click has
been added. This macro will greatly minimize the model preparation time.

Easy to Use Geometry Cleanup Macro

A macro to automatically perform geometry cleanup is implemented in 13.0. This macro will
estimate the target, minimum, and maximum element sizes for the solids in the selected
component and automatically clean the solids. Users will have the option to change the estimated
sizes before cleanup.

Utility Menu Reorganization

The Utility menu has been reorganized to access all features easily and also to reflect the process
flow.

Tire Extrusion Wizard

A new model setup wizard to simulate extrusion of tire treads is implemented.
• Create either the geometry based on given data or use the user specified solids for each
component
• Supports the extruder type multi-cut
• Specify the tread/die contours either as symmetric or full contours
• Store and reuse specified contours
• Includes a report generator

Improve Mesh by Remeshing

All the wizards under Polymer Processing now have the Improve Mesh option. This improves the
quality of the mesh generated by remeshing the solids based on the initially generated mesh.

Tool Deflection Analysis Wizard

This model setup wizard allows you to solve tool deflection analysis using OptiStruct.
• Automatically meshes using linear or higher order tets.
• Supports pressure or force load boundary conditions.
• Maps the loads from HX analysis.
• Model contact conditions in the model.
• Specify the temperature condition for each component and also specify appropriate
constraints on boundary faces.

Resolved Issues
Some critical issues in the Polymer Melt Flow Analysis Wizard are resolved. Now the inlet and
outlet can have any axial orientation, however, you should use tet mesh or solid map in this region
(drag will not work and will require orientation along Z axis). In addition, issues in organizing the
exit BCs are now resolved.
CFD 13.0.110 Release Notes

Adaptive Wrapper
Boolean Operation
Enhanced AcuSolve Case Setup
Enhanced Job Launcher
Enhanced HyperStudy Job Launcher
Resolved Issues

13.0.110 Release Notes

Adaptive Wrapper
A new option Organize wrap elements by base comps has been added. If this option is activated, the
wrapped elements will split so that they are organized based on input components.

Boolean Operation
Boolean Operation is located in the Mesh menu in all user profiles. It is useful for connecting penetrating
FE components. This tool works for triangular as well as quadrilateral elements. Several components can
be connected simultaneously. Components defined as “Master entities” will be preserved. New options
have been added to locally remesh elements and reject the operation

Enhanced AcuSolve Case Setup

The AcuSolve case setup has been enhanced further. Multiplier functions, porosity models, and surface
outputs can be defined in the HyperMesh Solver browser for CFD user profile. Components are sub
categorized into Volumes and Surfaces. Only component with card image only will be exported.

Enhanced Job Launcher

Solver executable path can now be defined. AcuSolve thrown error can be traced and shown HyperMesh
session. Job controller through which user can interact with the submitted acuSolve job from HyperMesh
has been enhanced. User can launch different tools as required.

Enhanced HyperStudy Job Launcher

In job launcher multiple responses can be defined for the study. New responses: x,y,z velocity, x,y,z
traction has been added. Solver executable path can be defined in the job launcher.

Resolved Issues
• Splitting to tetras: When splitting hexas/pentas/pyramids to tetras, connectivity between some
elements are lost. Takes huge memory.
• Fluent export: Interface component retained upon export in Fluent format
 • Mesh export for AcuSolve: Creates two layers of interface by default between boundary layer and
tetramesh component.
• Tetramesh optimization: Element are not organized properly after optimization
• Tetra meshing: Creates overlapping tetra elements. Layered meshing creates
• Skewed elements having issues creating more than 3 layers in thin channel.

13.0 Release Notes

New Boundary Layer Mesher

New boundary layer mesher Smooth/Truncate BL has been added in the CFD Tetramesh panel.
There are two options, simple and user controlled, to define boundary layer parameters. In user
controlled option, you can define two BL groups with different growth rate. The first group of BL is
to capture the physics with slow growth rate. The second group of BL, which is optional, is useful
for having a smooth transition from BL elements to tetramesh. Advanced settings are available to
control BL propagations, proximity and quality of boundary layer elements.

Octree Based Tetra Mesher

New tetramesher option octree based has been added to the Tetramesh and CFD Tetramesh
panel. It provides smooth element transition with good quality tetras. In general it is faster
compared to the standard setting (advancing front).

Layered Tetramesh
In the Tetramesh panel, you can define the number of layers. The Tetramesher will ensure to have
at least the defined number of layers, in case of close proximity or thin channels. It improves
results in thin channels.

Adaptive Wrapper
The Adaptive Wrapper, accessed from the Mesh menu, is a useful utility to get a clean, water tight
shell mesh out of 2D mesh containing several intersecting parts and small gaps which do not need
to be modeled. A hole-gap patching functionality with a user defined threshold helps to
automatically close openings. You can define element refinement based on proximity,
feature/intersection lines and refinement boxes. Before wrapping process starts, the leak
detection functionality can be used to check if the resulting wrapped surface mesh will create
desired cavity or not with given settings. Optional automatic surface remeshing of the wrapping
result ensures good surface mesh quality.

Boolean Operation
Boolean Operation located in the Mesh menu is useful to connect penetrating FE components. This
tool works for triangular as well as quadrilateral elements. Several components can be connected
simultaneously. Components defined as master entities will be preserved.

Enhanced AcuSolve Case Setup

The AcuSolve case setup has been substantially enhanced. The radiation model, mesh motion,
reference frame, nodal initial condition can be defined in the HyperMesh Solver browser for the
CFD user profile.
New AcuSolve Job Launcher
A new AcuSolve job launcher enables you to execute AcuSolve jobs directly from HyperMesh. You
can access it via the CFD toolbar in HyperMesh. It integrates the mesh export and the AcuSolve
job run. The submitted job can also be controlled from HyperMesh.

Smooth AcuSolve – HyperStudy Workflow

Automatic design exploration or optimizations can be performed using the HyperStudy Job
Launcher located in the CFD toolbar. Once morphing shapes are defined and the AcuSolve case is
setup in HyperMesh, the HyperStudy Job launcher transfers all the relevant data to HyperStudy.
Afterwards, with a single click a design of experiment (DOE) or optimization study can be
performed.

Surface Mesh Export in AcuConsole Native Format

The export interface for AcuConsole is now able to export a pure surface mesh in native *.arm
format. This option is available via standard AcuSolve export as well as through the Launch
AcuConsole icon in the CFD toolbar.

Resolved Issues
• Refinement box: Refinement box was creating intersections in surface mesh.
• BL meshing: Unnecessary faces and improper volume elements created after BL
meshing.
• CFD tetramesh: Slow CFD tetrameshing compared to 11.0.130.
• Update of input shells: The input shells are not updated when the BL only option is used
in the CFD Tetramesh panel for a mix of fluid (with BL) and solid volumes (w/o BL).
• HexCore Meshing: Improper volume mesh connectivity if quad elements are present in
surface mesh.
• Mesh export for AcuSolve: Creates two layers of interface by default even if checkbox is
turned off. Incorrect AcuSolve format mesh export, if model contains multiple volumes.
Crash 13.0.110 Release Notes

Pedestrian Protection
Seatbelt Routing
Import Display Options

13.0.110 Release Notes

Pedestrian Protection
• Support for ECE regulation
• User defined WAD lines can now be created at any X location
• Added the ability to import CAD data
• Added the ability to export lines and target points as geometry

Seatbelt Routing
• Improved panel layout to reduce the number of clicks
• Improved robustness and quality of seatbelt generation algorithm

Import Display Options

Contact surfaces are now added to the import display option and can thus be hidden automatically after
import.

13.0 Release Notes

Engineering Solutions in Desktop

Earlier, Engineering Solutions profile for Crash RADIOSS and LS-Dyna was available in the stand
alone HyperMesh profile. Now we have these profiles available in Desktop mode. Also in this
release we have introduced for Pam-Crash. In Engineering Solutions profile, the drop down
menu bars of HyperMesh have been customized to make it easy for crash users.
Compare Time History
This tool is available in HyperView with Vehicle Safety Tool preferences. It allows the comparison
of time history data for RADIOSS and LS-Dyna as well as visualization in HyperMesh and
HyperView. Time History output of RADIOSS (T01) and LS-Dyna (binout and other ascii files) are
supported. Several results file can be compared against a reference file using a criteria.
Currently the percentage difference between max of curves and at every data point of a curve is
supported. The results of the comparison is shown in HyperGraph, HyperMesh and HyperView.

Pedestrian Protection – Upper and Lower Leg

In 13.0, added support for upper and lower leg impactor
• Vehicle Marking is more robust and flexible with support for wiper components (only for
HW13.0).
• User interface is enhanced to be more user friendly interface.
• Vehicle Positioning task modified for multiple transformations.
• Master Decks size reduced significantly with new organization.
• Contact and transformation cards includes are created separately.
• Engine file preview added; it can be modified using the built-in text editor.

Move to Include
In earlier versions, in the Model browser, the Organize Include context menu was available
when one or more components were selected in the browser. Now this feature has been renamed
to Move to Include. It is also available in the Include view of the Model browser.

Organize Include
In the Include view of the Model browser, at the include file level, the Organize Include option is
available in the context menu. This is available only for LS-Dyna. It gives users an option to
make the include self-contained by retaining only the entities related to the components in that
include. Please note, for large models, it can take several minutes. Performance will be
addressed in a future release.

Flexible Report Templates

The new easy-to-use report Flexible Report panel replaces the Report panel from earlier
HyperWorks Desktop versions. It makes reports more flexible by giving the user advanced options
to handle channels during the import. All channels referring to files can be skipped; their types,
requests and components can be checked and reconnected in case there is a mismatch. The
reconnected channels can be saved and reused using configuration files. More user-friendly color
and style settings are possible for parameters created with the Parameter browser.

Marker Tracking
The Marker Tracking feature in MediaView allows the user to track any kind of markers or objects
in MediaView as the video is animated. This provides numerical data which can be displayed and
animated in HyperGraph. Manipulation of the tracking data by applying units or other math
operations allow the comparison of tests and simulations. Markers can be added via mouse or API.
Graphical options like show/hide tracking lines and marker IDs, or show tracking markers and
traces makes it easy for the user to analyze the testing video.
Abaqus Interface 13.0.110 Release Notes

Contact Manager Changes

Support for Adaptive Remesh
Solver Browser
Find and Replace Tool
Equation of State (*EOS) Support for Material
Nastran to Abaqus Conversion Improvements
Gasket Elements
New Option to Import elset
HM Comments for Properties and Materials
Abaqus 6.14-1 ODB Support
Resolved Issues

13.0.110 Release Notes

Contact Manager Changes
• A Clearance tab has been added to the Abaqus Contact Manager for Contact Pair creation. This
tab uses the *Clearance keyword to define a clearance definition.
• The option Default Surface Colors has been added to the Abaqus Contact Manager, which enables
users to review the contact surface in it default color.
• The Auto Contact algorithm has been updated to improve the performance of both search results
and search time.

Support for Adaptive Remesh

To setup Adaptive Remesh in both the Abaqus Standard3d and Explicit user profiles, the following
keywords are now supported:
• *Adapative Mesh
• *Adaptive Mesh Constraint
• *Adapative Mesh Control

Solver Browser
• The entities listed in the Solver browser context menu’s Create sub-menu have been rearranged
as component, contact definitions, Couplings, History data, Initial conditions, Materials, Model
properties, Section properties, Sets, System collectors, Systems, and Table.
• When a user select a keywords in the Solver browser context menu, its corresponding entity will
be created and the Entity Editor will be updated with the new entity.
Find and Replace Tool
The Find and Replace tool can be used to search the entity names in a model for every occurrence of a
specific character, and replace the character with a new one that the user specifies. For example, using "
. " may cause errors in certain solvers, therefore you may want to replace it with a new character..

Equation of State (*EOS) Support for Material

To define the equation of state for hydrodynamic material model, the following keywords are supported.
These keywords are only available in the Abaqus Explicit user profile..
• *EOS
• *EOS COMPACTION
• *Detonation point
• *Reaction Rate
• *Gas Specific Heat

Nastran to Abaqus Conversion Improvements

• Prior to this release, a third node is created for beam orientation during Nastran to Abaqus . This
behavior is applicable if the user used another option to define the orientation of a beam in
 Nastran. A new Conversion option has been added to honor the orientation information provided
in Nastran. Its implemented for PBEAM,PEAML, PBAR and PBARL, and it is active by default.
• In Nastran, if RBE3 with either dof 4, 5, or 6 free during conversion to Abaqus, coupling is
created. A new option has been added to convert a rigid element to a hinge when you creating a
Connector element (CONN3D) with hinge behavior. This is not a default option.

• Nastran Non structural Mass in properties will be converted *Non Structural Mass in Abaqus
• The MAT1 GE value will be added as a *DAMPING in *MATERIAL
• PBUSHT in Nastran is supported for conversion
• *PROD with an area value will be mapped to the attribute value in *Solid Section.
• If Moment of Inertia is defined for the centroidal of a PBEAM in Nastran, a *BEAM GENERAL
SECTION will be created during conversion, and the Centroidal Moment of Inertia in Nastran is
moved to the Local Moment of Inertia in Abaqus.
• A CDAMP1 element with a PDAMP property assigned to it is converted to DASHPOT1 in Abaqus.
If there is not a corresponding property, then CDAMP1 with mass config is converted to a
CONN3D2 mass element

Gasket Elements
A special type of gasket element is supported during import/export. The creation of the gasket elements
listed below is not possible.
• GK3D12M 12-node
• GK3D12MN 12-node
• GK3D18 18-node
• GK3D18N 18-node

New Option to Import elset

The elset option in *element keyword is consider a set in the Abaqus solver, which can be referenced in
another location, for example the *embedded element. HyperMesh never creates these as a set. The
Import Elset from component option has been added to the export Solver Options. By default, this option
is inactive.

HM Comments for Properties and Material

• HM comments have been added for properties and materials. Components have always
maintained their IDs during export and import. Both direct and indirect property assignment will
be supported in the new HM comment changes.
• To maintain IDs during import and export, HMComments have been added for unassigned
properties and materials.
• The names for element properties, friction and physical constant is renamed during export and
import. HMcomments now enables the ability to retain entity names during import and export.
• The properties and Material ID will be retained during import using the By HMComments option.
• New comments have been added to the properties listed below:
 − SURFACE SMOOTHING
− SURFACE PROPERTY
− ELEMENT PROPERTIES
− JOINT
 **HMNAME PROPERTY 3 Property3
− Limitation
 Legacy files will not have IDs during the first import. Once you export a file from HM using
HMcomments, the IDs will be maintained during next import.
 By default Friction is not exported. It has to be assigned to a Connector Friction.
 If a user hand edits the HMcomments, and the changes lead to the comments of properties or
materials being removed, than their IDs being retained cannot be guaranteed. This is not an
Abaqus Interface limitation, its applicable for other interface also.
 The keywords listed below must have the define layer option selected in order to be written into to
the input deck during export.
*SHELL SECTION, COMPOSITE
*SHELL GENERAL SECTION, COMPOSITE
*SHELL GENERAL SECTION, COMPOSITE.

Abaqus 6.14-1 ODB Support

The Abaqus 6.14 -1 reader not supports Windows 32/64bit and Linux 64bit. HyperWorks 13.0-110 also
supports the following versions: 6.10, 6.10-EF, 6.11.

Resolved Issues
• The TRVEC and TRSHR load options have been added to the DSLOAD, which can be accessed
from the Step Manager or card edit of the load collector.
• The definition type Periodic is supported for *Amplitude, which can be added by card editing the
amplitude curve.
• The *Rigid Body keyword is updated to select a set as a reference a node. The set cannot have
more than one node.
• The option Complex Stiffness has been added for *Spring. When this option is selected, the
Dependency and NonLinear options are not displayed because there are no DEPENDENCY
datalines for COMPLEX STIFFNESS. Also, COMPLEX STIFFNESS has only linear spring behavior.
There is no Nonlinear behavior for Complex Stiffness. When SpringA is not chosen, the DOF
Dataline, which is the first Dataline, appears. When SpringA is chosen, the DOF Dataline is left
blank. For both the above cases, there can be multiple datalines.
• Both options Structural and Viscous are supported for *connector Damping.
• In a surface of coupling is pointing to the same surface, you must identify and rename the
duplicate surface during export.

13.0 Release Notes

Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamic (SPH)

• SPH is supported in the Abaqus/Explicit user profile. Typical applications are for modeling
airbags, fuel tank slosh, bird strikes, and explosion analysis. It is currently implemented
in the SPH panel.
• Finite element mesh can be converted into SPH either at the beginning of an analysis or
after the deformation becomes significant. The *section control card is updated to
support this feature.
Entity Editor
All the HyperMesh entities in the Abaqus interface can be created and modified from the Entity
Editor.

Nodal Thickness Visualization

• 2D Detailed Element Representation setting and By Thickness option has been
updated to visualize nodal thickness assigned to elements.
• 1st and 2nd order elements of trias and quad are supported in this implementation.

Abaqus Model Checker

New warning has been added to identify empty contact pairs or ties. This check identifies if either
master or slave surface is not selected for the contact pair.

New Keywords
• *MODAL DAMPING
• *FAIL STRESS/*FAIL STRAIN
• *TIME POINTS
• *INITIAL CONDITION

Resolved Issues
• Preview empty option in the Delete panel was not working for the group entity. All the
entity's in group which as a component, set or surface to be selected will be captured with
the Preview Empty option. System that are not used in the model can be identified
using the Preview Unused option in the Delete panel, the issues with this option are
fixed. Currently the Preview Empty option for groups and Preview Unused option works as
expected.
• For *Section Control keyword a new option Drill stiffness = off is added.
• For *Energy Output Keyword a new option PER SECTION is added. The same is also
added in the Step Manager.
• For *CONNECTOR BEHAVIOR keyword, the option EXTRAPOLATION=LINEAR was lost
during export and import. No warning message was issued. This option is fixed for
*Connector Behavior.
• For *Connector Elasticity keyword a new option Independent Component = Position
is added.
• During import and export the *DAMAGE INITIATION keyword under *COHESIVE
BEHAVIOR was getting assigned to *Material. The *DAMAGE INITIATION is added under
the unsupported keyword for * COHESIVE BEHAVIOR.
• The Node and Nodeset option in *Clearance is allowed to select a node instead of typing
the coordinate value aX(1)...bZ(1) via node selection.
• Abaqus\Explicit Step Manager will support *Bulk Viscosity keyword.
• For *Section Control keyword a new option Drill stiffness = off is added.
• For *CONNECTOR MOTION keyword the option, TYPE=DISPLACEMENT was lost during
import and export. No warning message was issued. This issue is fixed for * CONNECTOR
 MOTION.
• Surface based on element can have blank line next to *Surface keyword. Import and
export of *SURFACE with blank is supported.
• For *DSLOAD, *DLOAD & *CLOAD the Load Case parameter for Steady State Dynamic is
removed. From Abaqus 6.12-1 onwards this parameter is not supported.
• HvTrans was not reading specific contact results for specific ODB. The HvTrans reader is
updated to import all Contact Results.
• For specific ODB files, the CPRESS and CSHEAR result were not imported in HyperView.
The HyperView Abaqus ODB reader is updated to import COPEN and CSHEAR results.
• *INITIAL CONDITIONS option will support both TYPE = REF COORDINATE and TYPE =
REF NODE COORDINATE.
• For *CONTACT PAIR keyword a new option Drill stiffness = off is added.
• During import and export the *CONTACT PAIR loses the MIN DISTANCE = ON option. This
issue is fixed for Abaqus/Explicit profile.
ANSYS Interface 13.0.110 Release Notes

ANSYS Solver Model Checker

More ANSYS Load and Solution Cards under Load Step
OptiStruct / Nastran to ANSYS Conversion Tool Enhancements
Other Enhancements
Resolved Issues

13.0.110 Release Notes

ANSYS Solver Model Checker
HyperMesh 13.0.110 introduces the ANSYS Model Checker to verify the correctness of the model for
export in to ANSYS ASCII format. This tool can be accessed from the menu bar Tools > Model checker
> ANSYS.
In its first version, this tool covers 18 error checks, 12 warning checks and 3 information checks. Error
checks include basic checks that are essential to check before exporting the model to ANSYS solver
format. After loading the model, or set up is complete, run the tool to see the correctness of the model
before exporting to solver format. Expand each error or warning or info to check access to individual
entities. You can directly card edit those entities and update the solver cards if needed. Otherwise, where
ever applicable, Auto correction, Manual correction, or both types of correction are provided. Use these to
correct the errors and warnings. Options such as Show, Hide Isolate are also available under context
menu.
The following error checks are available in this version of the model checker:
• Components without HM_COMP
• Components without ET TYPE
• More than one type of elements in component
• ET Type and Element type Mismatch
• ET TYPE and Real sets are not matching
• ET-Type and Sections are not matching
• Components with properties and sections
• Unpaired contacts
• Improper entity set names
• Free nodes
• Free 1D elements
• Duplicate 1D/2D/3D elements
• Mass elements without mass attached
• Pretension elements without third node
• BE3, CERIG and CP with free nodes
• Equations with free nodes
 Checks:
• Unused ET Types
• Unused materials
• Material without E
• Material without Density
• Unused Real Sets(properties)
• Shell properties without thickness
• Empty components
• Components with missing materials
• Empty sets
• Bar elements with improper orientations
• Unused Sections
• Shell sections without thickness are added as warning messages.
Three info checks that are important for the user to know about model are also included. More details are
available on online help. Please refer the help document for more information on how each check works,
as well as details if auto correction and manual correction are available.
We are open to include more error, warning and info checks in next releases. User is requested to
communicate with local support to share their views on this model checker and new checks that they wish
to see in this tool.

More ANSYS Load and Solution Cards under Load Step

Several load and solver solution control cards that are already supported via Analysis > Control Cards
are now available in the load step too. With this enhancement, you can edit individual load steps in
HyperMesh to activate these cards so that options will appear within that load step. This helps define
different values for each load step. The following cards are added under load step in this release:
• NSUBST: Specifies the number of simulations under each load step.
• TIME: Essential control card for transient analysis to set the time for each load step.
 • ANTYPE: Useful to club two or more types of analysis under one solution set up.
• EQSLV: Choose different equation solvers for each load step.
• NLGEOM: Activate large deflection effects for static and transient analyses.
• OUTRES: Specify the results that only need to be stored in the result file.
• CECMOD: Modify constant factor of a constraint equation.

OptiStruct / Nastran to ANSYS Conversion Tool Enhancements

In this release, the following enhancements have been made to OptiStruct/Nastran > ANSYS solver
conversion tool:
• Mass element conversion: OptiStruct/Nastran mass elements- CONM2 are now converted
ANSYS- MASS21 Elements. Mass value (M) in CONM2 element card is moved to MASS value in
the property card (REAL SET) –Mass21p. This property is then attached to the component of
Mass Elements. Element Type (ET TYPE) –Mass21 with KEY OPT3 =2 will be attached to the mass
element components after conversion. Please note that other mass elements such as – CMASS1
and CMASS3 are not converted as of now.
• PSHELL conversion: Conversion tool is now updated to support new ANSYS elements.
PSHELL in older versions it was converted to property (REAL SET)-SHELL63p after conversion to
ANSYS and Element Type for shell elements was set to SHELL63. Newer versions of ANSYS do not
support SHELL63 element type. ANSYS is now instead of SHELL63 supports SHELL181 elements.
Hence this conversion tool is updated to convert OptiStruct/Nastran shell elements to ANSYS
SHELL181 element type. Shell sections (SECTYPE,,SHELL) will now be created where Shell
thicknesses of shell elements are mapped. Element Type (ET Type) SHELL181 and relevant shell
section are attached to the component of those shell elements.

Other Enhancements
• Update to ANSYS 15: Though ASCII file format of ANSYS15 – CDB is supported by HyperMesh
13.0 but in this release all control card attributes are upgraded to ANSYS 15. The following
control cards are updated to ANSYS 15:
− CNVTOL, ETABLE, MODE, NEQIT, OUTRES, PRESOL, ANTYPE, MODOPT, MXPAND, EQSLV, TIMINT,
PRED, /COPY, /DELETE, HARFRQ, LVSCALE, BUCOPT, NROPT, NUMOFF, EORIENT
• CECMOD card support: ANSYS CECMOD card is used to modify constant factor in constraint
equation (CE) is now supported in HyperMesh. This card is supported under control cards in
Analysis page. The card is also available as part of load step. Using under load step changes
constant value only for the load step in which it is used.
• LINK sections: HyperMesh 13.0.110 now supports section type: LINK (SECTYPE,,LINK). This
sections are useful to define cross section area for LINK180 element types.
• Post-processing: HyperView now supports DOF result type: Pressure for Acoustic Analysis

Resolved Issues
• Issue with Euler angle import: HyperMesh ANSYS model reader now imports node Euler angles
correctly. Node Euler angles with some specific orientations were not imported correctly in earlier
version is now fixed.
• SURF154 Elements with mid side node: ANSYS allows users to create SURF154 elements with or
without midside nodes in all or some edges. HyperMesh did not recognize such SURF154
elements which do not have midside nodes in some edges. In this release this issue is fixed,
• Loads with Large values were rounding off while exporting the model. This was leading to
accuracy and data loss. This issue has been now resolved by exporting the large numbers in
exponential form with more accuracy.
 • SOLID185 Pyramid Element: ANSYS SOLID185 Element type has Pyramid configuration.
HyperMesh supports this element type but elements with pyramid elements configuration were
neither imported not created. In this release SOLID185 element type has been added to
Pyramid5 configuration.
• Pyramid5 elements in Pretension utility: Pretension elements with SLOAD were not able to create
at Pyaramid5 elements in earlier versions is fixed now.
• Renaming entities: Renaming of components, materials, and properties was not possible from
model browser after Auto Contact tool is used. This issue has been fixed in 13.0-110.
• Issue with export of node constraints (SPC) where wrong values were exported if export option
–Combine loads in load step is used is now resolved.
• Auto Contact – Contact Elements created by Auto contact were not connected to base elements
is now fixed.
• SLOAD card export – Pretension load card-SLOAD was exported before LSCLEAR, ALL card in the
deck. This leads to deletion of the SLOAD card. In this new version SLOAD card is exported after
load step and LSCLEAR,ALL keyword and hence it is retained in the model.
• Issue with load step export where first load step is overwritten at the end of the model by all
loads and Boundary condition is now fixed.

13.0 Release Notes

Pre-processing
Supported Versions
HyperMesh 13.0 supports version ANSYS 15.0 and earlier.
ANSYS TABLE and ARRAY Support
ANSYS solver has multiple values parameters called Arrays. Data like loads, time, location,
frequency, can be stored in these multidimensional arrays and then used in the models for
applying loads.
Supported Array types:
• TABLE: Typically used for load application, where index values can be real numbers.
• ARRAY: Index values are integers. Parameters can be real or integers.
• CHAR: This is a character array consisting alphanumeric values not exceeding to 8
characters.
• STRING: Array with character Strings.

In HyperWorks 13.0, TABLE, ARRAY, CHAR and STRING data defined using *DIM and *PREAD
keywords are supported. HyperMesh can import and export the array data. All of the array types
are supported as tables in HyperMesh. You can review and edit the arrays imported by clicking
Model Browser > Tables > Entity Editor. HyperMesh supports one dimension and two
dimensions arrays. Loads that are referred to TABLES are preserved as unsupported data. When
exporting from HyperMesh, such load information will also be exported.
Midsurface Thickness Macro
The ANSYS interface in HyperMesh includes a utility to extract model thicknesses from a geometry
model and apply the thickness values to FE shell elements. This tool can be accessed from Utility
menu > Geom/Mesh > Midsurf Thickness.
In previous releases this tool could be used only for those shell elements in which thickness is
applied using property (REAL set). For example, SHELL63, SHELL93, SHELL43.
In HyperMesh 13.0, this utility supports new versions of ANSYS shell elements such as SHELL181,
SHELL281 and SHELL131. Shell thicknesses for these elements are defined by shell sections
(SECDATA). Using this utility creates shell sections and assigns thicknesses to those sections.
These shell sections are attached to the components of respective shell elements.
However the tool also works for ANSYS older shell elements where shell thickness is defined by
properties.

Entity Editor
The Entity Editor is customized to ANSYS profile. The Entity Editor can be accessed from the
Model and Solver browser. ANSYS solver information such as element types, key options,
properties (REAL SETS), materials, section data, control cards, and entity sets can be added or
edited from the Entity Editor. Some important highlights of the Entity Editor are:
• Components, element types, properties (REAL sets), materials and section cards can be
created or edited and then attached to the components in one Entity Editor dialog. There
is no need to use different dialogs for each of these entities.
• Tool tip help is provided for element key options definitions and properties to help you
choose the right option. This avoids you from having to refer to solver online help. Tool tip
help can be seen by moving the cursor on the key options in element type or property
options in property card.
• You don't have to remember the KEYOPTION values to input under every KeyOpt you
select. A drop-down menu is provided for each KEYOPTS to select the appropriate option
for every element that HyperMesh supports.
• Checks are provided in the Entity Editor to ensure the correctness of the component with
respect to element types and properties by displaying errors in message bar. Appropriate
default values, suggestions are provided where ever applicable.
• Temperature dependent material data input has been simplified. The need for two tables,
one for temperatures and another for the corresponding material values, are no longer
needed.
Training Program on the ANSYS Solver Interface with HyperWorks
We have introduced new training material that primarily focuses on the ANSYS solver interface.
Training material covers the complete model preparation for solving in ANSYS and then post
processing the output files using HyperView.
This training program is useful for those who know HyperWorks tools but are not familiar with the
ANSYS solver; for those who know ANSYS but are new to HyperMesh and HyperView; and those
who want to use HyperView for post-processing the ANSYS result files.
Salient features of the training program include:
• Pre-processing, post-processing and advanced modeling tools, including Contact
Manager, composite modeling, and HyperBeam.
• Ample number of exercises and demonstrations in each chapter.
• Customizable to individual interests.
• Discusses new features and processes like the Entity Editor as well as ply and laminate
modeling.
• Highlights the differences in naming FE entities between HyperMesh and ANSYS to
benefit users who are familiar with ANSYS.
Interested users can contact Altair support for more details and scheduling the training.
Resolved Issues
• Issue with material orientation for shell elements in graphics where if a local system is
assigned to shell elements then the graphics shows incorrect orientation is now fixed.
 • Issue with material export where some material data is exported twice has been fixed.
• Issue with defining surface to surface contacts on pyramid element faces using ANSYS
component manager has been fixed.
• Performance issue with export of models with large number of components or with
large number of sections is now fixed.
• ANSYS CDB files with node system angles in UNBLOCKED (old format) are not imported
in HyperMesh with correct angle values is fixed now.
• Pretension Bolt utility was not working with 1-D bar elements created with direction
node option is fixed.
• 3D visualization of Shell elements with thickness defined by shell sections now
considers the offset values defined by SECOFFSET.
Post-processing
Supported Versions
HyperView 13.0 supports version ANSYS 15.0 and earlier.
Resolved Issues
• Issue with composites shells with section definition where results for layers are swapped
between layers is fixed now.
• Issue with stress results for second order tetra elements and issue with frequency values
for complex modal analysis where all frequencies are listed as zero for the result files
from ANSYS14.5 version are fixed.
LS-DYNA Interface 13.0.110 Release Notes

New User Profile

Support of 2D Seatbelt Elements
Enhancements on Boundary Prescribed Motion Card
Conversion Nastran to LS-DYNA
Newly Supported Keywords
Updated Keywords
Resolved Issues

13.0.110 Release Notes

New User Profile
New user profile LSDYNA971_R7 is now available; supporting all new modifications based on solver
version 971 Release 7.

Support of 2D Seatbelt Elements

Support of 2D seatbelt elements (Node 3 and 4 in *ELEMENT_SEATBELT):
• Supported as a new shell element type (SEATBELT_4N) and listed in the solver browser in the
folder *ELEMENT_SEATBELT 4N
• 1D seatbelt element will be listed, in the solver browser, in the folder *ELEMENT_SEATBELT 2N
• Retractor and slipring definition were updated to support 2D seatbelt elements

Enhancements on Boundary Prescribed Motion Card

• DOF 4, -4, 8 and -8 are now supported as acceptable values in
*BOUNDARY_PRESCRIBED_MOTION_NODE , *BOUNDARY_PRESCRIBED_MOTION_SET and
*BOUNDARY_PRESCRIBED_MOTION_RIGID keywords

Conversion Nastran to LS-DYNA

• Element formulation 16 will be assigned by default to *PART_COMPOSITE after conversion
• The number of integration point (N) in *SECTION_SHELL is set to 5 by default after conversion
• The CID field defined in CBUSH element is now mapped to CID field in *SECTION_BEAM
• Inertia values are automatically computed when converting PROD properties that do not have an
HyperBeam section defined

Newly Supported Keywords

Materials:

• *MAT_TRANSVERSELY_ANISOTROPIC_ELASTIC_PLASTIC_NLP_FAILURE (
*MAT_037_NLP_FAILURE)
 • *MAT_CONCRETE_DAMAGE_REL3 (*MAT_072R3)
• *MAT_SOIL_CONCRETE (*MAT_078)
• *MAT_COMPOSITE_MATRIX (*MAT_117)
• *MAT_GURSON_RCDC (*MAT_120_RCDC)
• *MAT_WTM_STM (*MAT_135)
• *MAT_EMMI (*MAT_151)
• *MAT_ALE_INCOMPRESSIBLE (*MAT_160)
• *MAT_CONCRETE_EC2 (*MAT_172)
• *MAT_COHESIVE_TH (*MAT_185)
• *MAT_COHESIVE_GENERAL (*MAT_186)
• *MAT_THERMO_ELASTO_VISCOPLASTIC_CREEP (*MAT_188)
• *MAT_SEISMIC_BEAM (*MAT_191)
• *MAT_STEEL_EC3 (*MAT_202)
• *MAT_BOLT_BEAM (*MAT_208)
• *MAT_CODAM2 (*MAT_219)
• *MAT_RIGID_DISCRETE (*MAT_220)
• *MAT_ORTHOTROPIC_SIMPLIFIED_DAMAGE (*MAT_221)
• *MAT_VISCOPLASTIC_MIXED_HARDENING (*MAT_225)
• *MAT_KINEMATIC_HARDENING_BARLAT89 (*MAT_226)
• *MAT_PML_ELASTIC (*MAT_230)
• *MAT_PML_ELASTIC_FLUID (*MAT_230_FLUID)
• *MAT_VISCOELASTIC_LOOSE_FABRIC (*MAT_234)
• *MAT_MICROMECHANICS_DRY_FABRIC (*MAT_235)
• *MAT_JOHNSON_HOLMQUIST_JH1 (*MAT_241)
• *MAT_KINEMATIC_HARDENING_BARLAT2000 (*MAT_242)
• *MAT_HILL_90 (*MAT_243)
• *MAT_POWDER (*MAT_271)

Others:
• *CONSTRAINED_BUTT_WELD
• *CONTACT_AUTOMATIC_SURFACE_TO_SURFACE_ORTHO_FRICTION
• *CONTACT_AUTOMATIC_ONE_WAY_SURFACE_TO_SURFACE_ORTHO_FRICTION
• *DATABASE_CPM_SENSOR
• *DEFINE_CPM_BAG_INTERACTION
• *DEFINE_CPM_CHAMBER
• *DEFINE_CPM_GAS_PROPERTIES
• *DEFINE_CPM_VENT
• *DEFINE_FUNCTION
• *DEFINE_TABLE_2D
• *DEFINE_TABLE_3D
• *SECTION_BEAM_AISC
• *SECTION_SPH_TENSOR
• *SECTION_SPH_USER
Updated Keywords

The following keywords were updated up to 971 R7:

Constrained:
• *CONSTRAINED_SPOTWELD
• *CONSTRAINED_LAGRANGE_IN_SOLID
• *CONSTRAINED_JOINT_STIFFNESS

Contact:
• *CONTACT_AUTOMATIC_ONE_WAY_SURFACE_TO_SURFACE_TIEBREAK
• *CONTACT_AIRBAG_SINGLE_SURFACE
• *CONTACT_AUTOMATIC_SINGLE_SURFACE
• *CONTACT_AUTOMATIC_SURFACE_TO_SURFACE_TIEBREAK
• *CONTACT_FORCE_TRANSDUCER_PENALTY_OPTION
• *CONTACT_SINGLE_OPTION
• *CONTACT_RIGID_BODY_ONE_WAY_TO_RIGID_BODY
• *CONTACT_TIED_SHELL_EDGE_TO_SURFACE

Control cards:
• *CONTROL_ALE
• *CONTROL_ADAPTIVE
• *CONTROL_BULK_VISCOSITY
• *CONTROL_CHECK_SHELL
• *CONTROL_COARSEN
• *CONTROL_CONTACT
• *CONTROL_CPM
• *CONTROL_DYNAMIC_RELAXATION
• *CONTROL_EFG
• *CONTROL_HOURGLASS
• *CONTROL_IMPLICIT
• *CONTROL_IMPLICIT_AUTO
• *CONTROL_IMPLICIT_DYNAMIC
• *CONTROL_IMPLICIT_EIGENVALUE
• *CONTROL_IMPLICIT_MODES
• *CONTROL_IMPLICIT_SOLVER
• *CONTROL_IMPLICIT_SOLUTION
• *CONTROL_IMPLICIT_TERMINATION
• *CONTROL_MPP_DECOMPOSITION
• *CONTROL_OUTPUT
• *CONTROL_PARALLEL
• *CONTROL_REMESHING
• *CONTROL_SHELL
 • *CONTROL_SOLID
• *CONTROL_SUBCYCLE
• *CONTROL_TERMINATION
• *CONTROL_TIMESTEP
• *CONTROL_THERMAL_SOLVER
• *CONTROL_THERMAL_NONLINEAR

Database:
• *DATABASE_TRACER
• *DATABASE_SPRING_FORWARD
• *DATABASE_FORMAT
• *DATABASE_EXTENT_BINARY
• *DATABASE_BINARY
• *DATABASE_OPTION

Materials:
• *MAT_ADD_EROSION
• *MAT_PLASTIC_KINEMATIC (*MAT_003)
• *MAT_VISCOELASTIC (*MAT_006)
• *MAT_NULL (*MAT_009)
• *MAT_JOHNSON_COOK (*MAT_015)
• *MAT_POWER_LAW_PLASTICITY (*MAT_018)
• *MAT_RIGID (*MAT_020)
• *MAT_PIECEWISE_LINEAR_PLASTICITY (*MAT_024)
• *MAT_HONEYCOMB (*MAT_026)
• *MAT_FABRIC (*MAT_034)
• *MAT_3-PARAMETER_BARLAT (*MAT_036)
• *MAT_3-PARAMETER_BARLAT_NLP (*MAT_036_NLP)
• *MAT_TRANSVERSELY_ANISOTROPIC_ELASTIC_PLASTIC_NLP_ECHANGE (
*MAT_037_ECHANGE)
• *MAT_USER_DEFINED_MATERIAL_MODELS (*MAT_041-*MAT_050)
• *MAT_ENHANCED_COMPOSITE_DAMAGE_TITLE (*MAT_054-055)
• *MAT_LOW_DENSITY_FOAM (*MAT_057)
• *MAT_CRUSHABLE_FOAM (*MAT_063)
• *MAT_HYPERELASTIC_RUBBER (*MAT_077_H)
• *MAT_OGDEN_RUBBER (*MAT_077_O)
• *MAT_PLASTICITY_WITH_DAMAGE (*MAT_081)
• *MAT_PLASTICITY_POLYMER (*MAT_089)
• *MAT_SIMPLIFIED_JOHNSON_COOK (*MAT_098)
• *MAT_SPOTWELD_DAIMLERCHRYSLER (*MAT_100_DA)
• *MAT_SPOTWELD_DAMAGE_FAILURE (*MAT_100_DAMAGE_FAILURE)
• *MAT_ANISOTROPIC_VISCOPLASTIC (*MAT_103_P)
• *MAT_COMPOSITE_LAYUP (*MAT_116)
• *MAT_GURSON (*MAT_120)
 • *MAT_MODIFIED_PIECEWISE_LINEAR_PLASTICITY (*MAT_123)
• *MAT_PLASTICITY_COMPRESSION_TENSION (*MAT_124)
• *MAT_KINEMATIC_HARDENING_TRANSVERSELY_ANISOTROPIC (*MAT_125)
• *MAT_MODIFIED_HONEYCOMB (*MAT_126)
• *MAT_BARLAT_YLD2000 (*MAT_133)
• *MAT_CORUS_VEGTER (*MAT_136)
• *MAT_COHESIVE_MIXED_MODE (*MAT_138)
• *MAT_DESHPANDE_FLECK_FOAM (*MAT_154)
• *MAT_ARUP_ADHESIVE (*MAT_169)
• *MAT_SIMPLIFIED_RUBBER/FOAM (*MAT_181)
• *MAT_SIMPLIFIED_RUBBER_WITH_DAMAGE (*MAT_183)
• *MAT_TABULATED_JOHNSON_COOK (*MAT_224)
• *MAT_SEATBELT (*MAT_B01)
• *MAT_SPRING_GENERAL_NONLINEAR (*MAT_S06)

Other:
• *AIRBAG_HYBRID_ID
• *DEFINE_CONNECTION_PROPERTIES
• *DEFINE_TABLE
• *DEFORMABLE_TO_RIGID
• *DEFORMABLE_TO_RIGID_AUTOMATIC
• *ELEMENT_SEATBELT
• *ELEMENT_SEATBELT_RETRACTOR
• *ELEMENT_SEATBELT_SLIPRING
• *ELEMENT_DISCRETE
• *HOURGLASS
• *INITIAL_VELOCITY_GENERATION
• *INITIAL_AXIAL_FORCE_BEAM
• *SECTION_BEAM

Resolved Issues
• *ELEMENT_SEATBELT_PRETENSION was lost in I/O if the keyword appeared before *NODE in
the input deck
• Conversion of CROD element without property definition generated an application error
• Slave nodes of *CONSTRAINED_TIED_NODES_FAILURE were lost at export
• *ELEMENT_SEATBELT_ACCELEROMETER was not listed in the Solver browser

13.0.102 Release Notes

Resolved Issues
• Multiple loads collectors were created when organizing loads from a load collector with no card
image to a load collector with card image
 • Load collector and system collector created from the model browser will now have no card image
by default

13.0 Release Notes

HyperMesh
New User Profile
• Keywords supported until 12.0.115 available as LSDYNA 971 user profile.
• New user profile LSDYNA971_R6.1 is now available, supporting all new modifications
based on solver version 971 Release 6.1.
Midsurface Meshing
• Thickness information from CAD data can be mapped to either the midsurface element in
the current session or to an Include file referred as *INCLUDE_STAMPED_PART in the
current session.
• Support for node based and element based thickness mapping.
• Support for contour and 3D visualization of thickness calculated from Midsurface Mesh
tool.
• Support for offset and scaling capabilities for thickness calculated from the Midsurface
Mesh tool
Entity Editor
• Support for all keywords mapped in the LS-DYNA user profiles except elements.
• Create options available for all keywords mapped to named HyperMesh entities, such as
component, property, material, interface, rigidwall, airbag, load collectors, system
collectors, vector collectors, sets, block, sensors, and output blocks.
• Edit option available for all keywords except keyword mapped to elements in HyperMesh.
• Reference entities in keywords
− New entities that are supported in Entity Editor can be created on fly through a dialog from the
current keyword opened in Entity Editor. The new created keyword is referred back in the
current keyword.
− Referenced entities in the keywords can be edited on fly through a dialog from the current
keyword opened in Entity Editor.
− New Entity Selection browser is introduced to select exiting entities in session with options to
filter based on name, ID, card image, include file, and so on.
− Entity Selection browser by default is auto filtered to show entities of valid solver keywords for
selection to create error free solver keywords.
− Show/hide/isolate/Xref functions are available for each referenced entity in the Entity Editor
for quick graphics review.

Model Browser
• Solver specific show/hide/isolate/isolate only functions extended to Model browser like in
Solver browser.
Support of *PARAMETER and *PARAMETER_EXPRESSION
• Import/export support for parameter reference using & , <> and Negate parameter
reference.
• New Parameter Expression created upon import for parameter references using ,<>
and sign and exported.
• Create, edit and reference of *PARAMETER in other keywords using Entity Editor.
 • *PARAMETER_EXPRESSION support limited to import/export.
• Create and edit options are not available for *PARAMETER_EXPRESSION
• *PARAMETER_EXPRESSION evaluation during import and in session if any parameter
values are updated.
• Reference of *PARAMETER_EXPRESSION in other keywords using Entity Editor
• Support is limited to all FE entities except elements.
• Parameterization of entity IDs and attribute of type entity are not supported.
• Unsupported parameterized entities are replaced with corresponding values during
import, to avoid the loss of data.
• The variables parameterized will be grayed out in the card editor so that it cannot be
changed.
• In macros and browserw, if any parameterized variable is changed a warning message
will appear in the message bar and the value will not be updated.
• Support for undefined parameter references and duplicate parameter names.

Export Options
• Repeat keyword titles - Export writes keyword title for every occurrence of the keyword
Import Options
• Generate element property ID’s per include file
− Generate ID’s for solver keywords mapped to HyperMesh elements and properties based on
the max ID of the elements and properties in the destination include file.
• Extend Element, Property Offset
− Applies offset defined for elements (IDEOFF) and (IDROFF) properties in
INCLUDE_TRANSFORM keyword to other keywords mapped to HM elements and properties.
This includes elements : *CONSTRAINED_JOINT , *CONSTRAINED_NODE_SET
,*CONSTRAINED_NODAL_RIGIDBODY, *CONSTRAINED_GENERALIZED,
*CONSTRAINED_SHELL_TO_SOLID, *CONSTRAINED_SPOTWELD, *CONSTRAINED_RIVET,
*CONSTRAINED_INTERPOLATION and properties : *INTEGRATION_SHELL,
*INTEGRATION_BEAM, *CONSTRAINED_JOINT_STIFFNESS, *MAT_ADD_EROSION,
*DAMP_RELATIVE.
• Read *INITIAL_STRESS_SHELL and *INITIAL_STRAIN_SHELL
− Read these keyword into HM if it is turned on. When turned off this keyword is moved to the
.hmx file and the .hmx file is attached as an Include file to the session with Skip option.
• Include Files – Skip, Merge
− Supports Skip and Merge option for include files referred as *INCLUDE_TRANSFORM and
*INCLUDE_STAMPED_PART.

Import Reader Enhancements

• Warning messages added for any unsupported fields or unsupported lines encountered
while reading material, properties, and control cards from solver deck.
• Reader performance enhanced to handle large models with large number of sets and
contact surface.
• Support for multiple reference of same include file through *INCLUDE and
INCLUDE_TRANSFORM in any order/sequence in the input deck.
• Support for node set information in *Assembly keyword used in dummy tree definition.
• GPP encrypted data is now mapped to encryption entity.
Find Attached (Tied)
• Solver based find attached feature that also includes following keywords to establish
attachments: *CONTACT_TIED, *CONSTRAINED_EXTRA_NODES, and
*CONSTRAINED_RIGID_BODIES
New Checks in Model Checker
• Tied contact check added to review and correct untied nodes.
• Reference of empty set, component, contact surface in *CONTACT keywords.
• Reference of set of other types in *SET_NODE_ADD.
New Keywords Supported
• _MORTAR option in the *CONTACT keywords
• _CONTRACTION_JOINT option in the *CONTACT keywords
• _THERMAL_FRICTION option in the *CONTACT keywords
• *CONTACT_2D_AUTOMATIC_TIED
• DATABASE_BINARY_D3PART
• DATABASE_EXTENT_D3PART
• *MAT 130 - *MAT_SPECIAL_ORTHOTROPIC
• *MAT_COHESIVE_MIXED_MODE_ELASTOPLASTIC_RATE
• *STRESS_INITIALIZATION
• *STRESS_INITIALIZATION_DISCRETE
• *STRESS_INITIALIZATION_SEATBELT
Updated Supported Keywords
• *CONTROL_HOURGLASS
• *CONTROL_SPH
• *MAT_LAMINATED_COMPOSITE_FABRICE
• *MAT_NONLINEAR_ELASTIC_DISCRETE_BEAM
• *MAT_SIMPLIFIED_RUBBER/FOAM_WITH_FAILURE
• *MAT_FU_CHANG_FOAM
• *SECTION_BEAM
• *SECTION_SOLID_EFG
• *SET_PART_ADD
Resolved Issues
• Curve ID parameterized in materials lost during import.
• Mismatch of ID’s of *HOURGLASS upon import with FEOVERWRITE.
• Wrong error messages for *CONSTRAINED_EXTRA_NODES when reading decks with
*INCLUDE_TRANSFORM.
• Scale factor in *BOUNDARY_PRESCRIBED_MOTION_RIGID changes to 1.0 on importing
HM12.0 file .
• Model Checker LS-Dyna: Xtranode PID not defined error is not working.
• *DEFINE_COORDINATE_SYSTEM not exported after creation from System panel.
• Unable to import *CONSTRAINED_SHELL_TO_SOLID.
• Data lost during export for *CONSTRAINED_TIE-BREAK.
• *ELEMENT_BEAM not populated in Solver browser upon creation.
• "ALE_REFERENCE_SYSTEM_SWITCH" keyword created with large ID.
• Mass values in *ELEMENT_MASS resets to zero when 3D representation is turned on
before export.
• Reading *ELEMENT_SHELL_THICKNESS and *SET_SOLID_TITLE keyword in free format.
• Box Trim: Constraints created at the cutting plane even the constraints option is turned
 off.
• Box Trim: Box Collector with block or HEX entity is not created after Box Trim process.
• Loss of *Load_Node_Point (Forces) during export in models with
*INCLUDE_TRANSFORM.
• ID of the set attached to rigid link changes and moved to bottom of the list in
Model/Solver browser when rigidlink element is updated.
• HM exports two node sets with same ID
• Additional lines not in manual are available for keyword
*CONTACT_2D_AUTOMATIC_SURFACE_TO_SURFACE"
HyperView
New Features/Enhancements
• Support for SPH results in FEMZIP reader.
• Support of new data type Dtemperature/Dt in FEMZIP reader.
Resolved Issues
• Names of components in Component browser is not as per solver deck upon model and
result file reading.
• FEMZIP file from LSDyna971 R7.0.0 fails to import in HyperView.
• Component names appear differently upon loading DSY file compared to FEMZIP DSY file.
• Airbag particles blowing up while animating DSY file and FEMZIP DSY file.
HyperGraph
New Features
• Support for Eleoutdet ASCII file.
Resolved Issues
• Missing chamber definition in the airbags for ABSTAT subcase in the binout reader
• SAE filter with end data reverted behavior to same as HyperWorks 12.0.
• Unable to read rwforc subcase in binout file.
• Support Elout file with new format of scientific numbers without E.
• Missing node requests in BNDOUT ASCII file.
Nastran Interface 13.0.110 Release Notes

Solver Conversion Enhancements

HyperView Reader Enhancements
General Changes
Resolved Issues

13.0.110 Release Notes

Solver Conversion Enhancements
Abaqus > Nastran
• Enhanced conversion of all SPRINGx entries (including JOINTC) to either CELAS/PELAS or
CBUSH/PBUSH depending on configuration.
• Enhanced conversion of all DASHPOTx entries (including JOINTC) to either CDAMP/PDAMP or
CBUSH/PBUSH depending on configuration.
• Structural damping for CONN3D2.
• Complex stiffness for SPRING entries.
• Multiple bug fixes.

Ansys > Nastran

• BEAM188 standard and arbitrary section properties.
• SOLID185 and SOLID186 elements.
• MPC184 conversion enhancements to either RE2 or CBUSH/PBUSH depending on KEYOPT
configuration.
• Multiple bug fixes.

HyperView Reader Enhancements

• New contact results for SOL 101 and SOL 400 (BOUTPUT):
− Contact Status (s).
− Contact Force (v).
− Contact Friction Force (v).
− Contact Stress (s).
• XDB CSHEAR results as corner data.
• XDB CBEAM results as corner data.

General Changes
• Loads and Systems are now organized along with Parent collector like elements and nodes. The
support will be available from include View browser as well as from the Organize panel.
• HyperMesh will no longer automatically compress SETs on import unless HMSETTYPE comment
explicitly defines it as a formula set, or is defined using THRU statements in its original form.
 • Moment Of Inertia Summary template updated as follows:
− Both 6x6 Moment of Inertia Matrices for Model (using origin as center, and using center of gravity as
center) are now in consistent tensorial form (negated off-diagonal terms), as per HyperMesh
documentation.
− An additional array of Moment of Inertia Values for Model, in non-tensorial form is now also included,
which directly corresponds to Nastran I(S) solver output convention.

Resolved Issues
• Fixed an Issue related to reading of HMDPRP IDs that are listed in the same line of HMDPRP
comment.
• Resolved organization issue where systems without System Collector HM Comments across
different includes were sometimes organized into existing System Collectors from different
include files.
• Fixed an issue where exported Vectors do not remain in the same collector of an include file on
reimport.
• Resolved RBE3 handling issue in Box Trim Utility.
• HyperView not plotting acceleration results for some Nastran 2012 OP2 files issue has been
corrected.
• Fixed an issue where duplicate loads imported with FE-Overwrite option were not importing
correctly for some models.
• Fixed a crash in Model Checker when applying Autocorrect to the Free RBE3 Elements check for
some models.
• BOUTPUT output request missing in GUI is resolved.
• Abaqus > Nastran solver conversion resolved issues:
− Fixed an issue with beam vector orientation for some beam conversions.
− Fixed an issue with CONNECTOR SECTION without any CONNECTOR BEHAVIOR not converting
properly.
− Error in DOF mapping of SPRING1 element type is resolved.
− Corrected a minor issue where some elements remained highlighted on the screen after model
conversion.
− Entity Editor not sowing PBUSH K option as turned ON after converting some connectors with Connector
Elasticity Components issue has been fixed.
− Fixed an issue with B31 moment of inertia conversion with value 9999.9.
− Fixed some performance issues.
• Ansys > Nastran solver conversion resolved issues:
− Corrected a minor issue where some elements remained highlighted on the screen after model
conversion.
− Fixed a crash happening when converting some beam section of type channel and box.
− Fixed an issue with beam vector orientation for some beam conversions.
• Mass calculation issue related to NSM applied to CONROD elements has been fixed.
• Friction Force results missing by HyperView for some OP2 result files issue is resolved.
• Improved support and fixes some issues related to importing Nastran files containing ANSA
comments.
• Improved support and fixes some issues related to importing Nastran files containing Patran
comments.
• Issue with Mean Pressure missing inside Direct Grid Point Stress results for some OP2 files has
been fixed.
 • Fixed an error message happening sometimes while replacing components with very large
RBE3-type HyperMesh connectors.
• Issue with SPOINTS exporting into an incorrect Include Files for some models has been fixed.
• Fixed an issue where models with large number of BCTSET cards were failing to import into
HyperMesh.
• Fixed an error message happening in some XDB files with Nonlinear Stress tensor results.
• Model Checker listing BCTABLE and BCBODY as empty groups issue has been corrected.
• PLOT button missing inside the TABLE Create utility on some monitors has been resolved.
• Fixed a Crash happening when clicking on Display None and Display All buttons in the Model
Browser for some models with multi-level nested includes.
• Issue with junk data being created as Unsupported Executive Control Card when reading some
models with very large HyperMesh Connector Comments has been fixed.
• Fixed a crash while importing some models containing colon symbols in SUBCASE names.

13.0 Release Notes

Entity Editor
Support for Nastran interface in new HyperMesh 13.0 Entity Editor.

Loadsteps displayed in the Entity Editor:

Materials displayed in the Entity Editor:
Enhanced Nodal Thickness Visualization
Support for individual nodal thickness 3D visualization and element color mode is now available,
making it possible to visualize varying thickness per element instead of constant average value.
• Supports element Ti, ZOFFS values
• Elemental Ti and ZOFFS values supersede property thickness and offset
• Blank elemental Ti inherits property thickness
• Mass calculation uses constant average thickness per elements, as per OptiStruct solver
SUBCOM/SUBSEQ Support for Linear Combination Subcases
• New subcase type Combination Subcase Delimiter
• New subcase option SUBSEQ

Bars Panel Enhancements: Offsets in Elemental System, OFFT Flag Support

It is now possible to define offset vectors in elemental system. Additionally, the CBAR and CBEAM
OFFT field is now linked to the orientation and offset definitions in the panel.

Self-contained Include File Export

New options available in the Model browser’s Include View context-sensitive menu (right-click)
allows you to export the selected include, or all includes, as self-contained files.
Self-contained include files will contain all nodes and systems that are referenced by entities
within the same include, even if such nodes and systems belong to different includes. Because
self-contained includes contain all nodes and systems used by entities within it, they can be
always imported into HyperMesh on their own without requiring the rest of the model.

New Import Solver Options

• Delete duplicate systems

HyperView Reader Enhancements

• OP2, XDB support for Grid Point Element Forces and Moments (12.0.112)
• OP2 CSHEAR results as corner data
 • OP2 CBEAM results as corner data
• OP2, XDB Support for CTRIAR/CQUADR elements

Model Checker
New error check: RBE3 dof connected to solid. Flags an error if the DOFs specified on an RBE3
independent grid which belongs to a solid element does not include components 1, 2, or 3, and if
it includes components 4, or 5, or 6.

Additional Solver Card Support Updates

• BCBODY: ADVANCE, RIGID, APPROV, GROW continuation lines added
• MATEP updates:
− RYIELD field added
− ANISO, PRESS, VParam, IMPCREEP, CHABOCHE continuation lines added

• SWLDPRM updates:
− CHKRUN
− CNRAGLI
− CNRAGLO
− GMCHK
− GSPROJ
− GSTOL
− PROJTOL
− PRTSW

General Changes
• Export performance of single include file has been improved.
• When importing Nastran Case Control SETs without HM Comments, HyperMesh will no
longer create duplicate grid and element set for each one. Instead, HyperMesh will now
cross-reference them and assign the appropriate SET type according to the card or cards
that reference them. If both types are used, or if HyperMesh cannot identify the type
based on references, it will still create both grid and element sets.
• Hardcoded default values on all cards have been substituted with true solver default
designation, represented by a <blank> entry. All previously defined default values will
still appear as optional initial value when a card field is first turned on in either the Card
Previewer or Entity Editor.
• HyperView will no longer split linear and non-linear results in two separate subcases when
loading OP2 results for non-linear analyses. HyperView will now display all result types in
the same original non-linear subcase.
• Formula to calculate frequency from Complex Eigenvalue analysis in HyperView has been
updated from sqrt[eigen_real^2+eigen_imag^2]/2*Pi, to eigen_imag/2*Pi, which
matches solver output. A new OP2/XDB reader option has been added that allows
manually reverting to the old formula.

Resolved Issues
• Issue with BCSET card referring to SET instead of BCTSET has been corrected.
• HyperView not plotting acceleration results for some Nastran 2012 OP2 files issue has
been corrected.
• Failed export of Bulk unsupported cards with very long fields issue has been fixed.
• Issue with Loadstep browser not listing Load Collectors with PLOAD1 loads issue has been
fixed.
• ELSTRESS legacy card reading in as unsupported card issue has been fixed. ELSTRESS is
now automatically mapped to STRESS.
• TRIM subcase option failing to import issue has been fixed.
• Issue with HyperView not recognizing Nastran input files with large number of comment
lines at the beginning of the file has been fixed.
• Error message in Auto Contact tool when selecting components that have squared
brackets in name has been fixed.
• NLSTEP subcase data selector not available in non-linear subcase type issue has been
fixed.
• Fixed an issue where duplicate loads imported with FE-Overwrite option were not
importing correctly for some models.
• HyperMesh can now import nested include files using either a path relative to the file
containing its INCLUDE statement, or relative to the master file.
• Fixed an issue where DMIG bulk cards were being imported as CASE_UNSUPPORTED
cards instead of BULK_UNSUPPORTED.
• BOX TRIM resolved issues:
− Removed Box Collector field from Box Trim dialog.
− Removal of temporary nodes which are outside the bounding box.
− Closing Box Trim GUI after Trim operation.
PAM CRASH 2G Interface 13.0.110 Release Notes

13.0.110 Release Notes

HyperView
Support for PAM 2013 results in files of format .DSY, .THP and .ERHF

Resolved Issues
• An application error could occur when converting a PAM-CRASH model to RADIOSS Block if
THLOC was used in the PAM-CRASH model
• The direction of load type CONLO changed during import / export
• Load collector and system collector even if not selected in import custom
• An unnecessary extra card was exported for contact type 36
• Loss of elements in first time step using Hvtrans in batch mode to create H3D files from DSY

13.0 Release Notes

Pre-processing
Pam-Crash is Now Available in Engineering Solutions
PAM-CRASH is now available as a user profile in Engineering Solutions.
Resolved Issues
• GES browser won't show "review" - nodes on "add entities".
• Names of materials created in HyperMesh is not exported properly.
• The Component table and By Thickness view loses thickness information after element
renumbering.
HyperView
Resolved Issues
• Component names appear differently upon loading DSY file compared to FEMZIP DSY file.
• HyperView crashes reading FEMZIP DSY files that has FPM elements and results.
• HyperView crashes reading FEMZIP DSY files that has more than 1000 steps. New limit on
number of steps extended to 10000.
HyperGraph
New Features
• New THP reader introduced to have improved performance in reading large files.
RADIOSS Interface 13.0.110 Release Notes

This release supports versions RADIOSS 44, 51, 90, 10.0, 11.0, 12.0 and 13.0

New User Profile

Tooltips
Newly Supported Keywords
Updated Keywords
Resolved Issues

13.0.110 Release Notes

New User Profile
New user profile RADIOSS Block 130 is now available; supporting modifications based on RADIOSS solver
version 13.0.

Tooltips
Tooltips are now available for control volume, sensor, elements and control cards.

Newly Supported Keywords

• /ANIM/BRICK/VFRAC
• /ANIM/GPS/TENS
• /ANIM/SHELL/ERROR/THICK
• /DAMP/INTER
• /EREF
• /INTER/TYPE24
• /MONVOL/COMMU1
• /XREF

Updated Keywords

Updated based on RADIOSS 12.0.210:

• Material law: 25, 36, 37, 43, 51,57, 70, 73, 74, 80
• /FAIL
• /DEF/SOLID
• /INISHE/ORTH_LOC
• /MONVOL/AIRBAG1
• /MONVOL/FMVBAG1
• /PROP/TYPE13
• /PROP/TYPE18
• /SPHGLO
 • /UPWIND

Updated based on RADIOSS 13.0:

• Material law: 10, 21, 76, 78
• /FAIL/CONNECT
• /PROP/TYPE9
• /PROP/TYPE12
• /PROP/TYPE14
• /PROP/TYPE43
• /PROP/SPH
• /INTER/TYPE12

Resolved Issues
• Limited the values for N and M for law62 to potential crashes
• The molar fraction parameter was not initially in /PROP/INJECT2 and lead to generation of
incorrect value for this field
• The rigid body manager was giving an application error if the number of node in the set was
equal to 0
• Rotational degree of freedom for imposed displacements (/IMPDISP) were not available in the BC
Manager for RADIOSS Block 12.0 user profile
• /SECT/PARAL and /SECT/CIRCLE are now stored as unsupported cards. This allows preventing a
crash during the import process.

13.0 Release Notes

HyperMesh
Mid-surface Meshing
• Thickness information from CAD data can be mapped to either the midsurface element or
INISHE/INISH3N STRS_F or INISHE/INISH3N STRA_F or INISHE/INISH3N EPSP_F
keywords.
• Support for contour and 3D visualization of thickness calculated from the Midsurface
Mesh tool.
• Support for offset and scaling capabilities for thickness calculated from the Midsurface
Mesh tool.
Entity Editor
• Supported for all keywords mapped in the RADIOSS user profiles except elements.
• Create options available for all keywords mapped to named HyperMesh entities, such as
component, property, material, interface, rigidwall, airbag, load collectors, system
collectors, vector collectors, sets, block, sensors, and output blocks.
• Edit option available for all keywords, except keywords mapped to elements in
HyperMesh.
• Reference entities in keywords
− New entities that are supported in Entity Editor can be created on fly through a dialog from the
current keyword opened in Entity Editor. The new created keyword is referred back in the
current keyword.
− Referenced entities in the keywords can be edited on fly through a dialog from the current
keyword opened in Entity Editor.
 − New entity selection browser is introduced to select exiting entities in session with options to
filter based on name, ID, card image, include file, and so on.
− Entity selection browser by default is auto filtered to show entities of valid solver keywords for
selection to create error free solver keywords.
− Show/hide/isolate/Xref functions are available for each referenced entities in the Entity Editor
for quick graphics review.

Model Browser
• Solver specific show/hide/isolate/isolate only functionality extended to Model browser like
Solver browser
Encryption Entities
• Support of import/export of encrypted materials, properties and curves
• Support for /KEY keyword
New Supported Keywords
• /MAT/LAW75 based on RADIOSS 12.0.210
• /MAT/LAW77 based on RADIOSS 12.0.210
• /MAT/LAW79 based on RADIOSS 12.0
• /MAT/LAW80 based on RADIOSS 12.0.210
• /LOAD/CENTRI based on RADIOSS 12.0
• /LOAD/PFLUID based on RADIOSS 12.0
• /INIVEL/AXIS based on RADIOSS 12.0
• /PROP/KJOINT2 based on RADIOSS 12.0
• /LEAK/MAT based on RADIOSS 12.0
• /INIBRI/STRA_FGLO and /INIBRI/STRS_FGLO KEYWORD based on RADIOSS 11.0 and
12.0
• /ADMESH/STATE/SHELL based on RADIOSS 11.0 and 12.0
• / ADMESH/STATE/SH3N based on RADIOSS 12.0
• /INISHE/THICK, INISH3/THICK based on RADIOSS 12.0.210
• /INTER/TYPE23 based on RADIOSS 12.0.210
• /OUTP/LSENSOR based on RADIOSS 12.0.210
• /STATE/LSENSOR based on RADIOSS 12.0.210
• /ANIM/SHELL/PHI/ALL and ANIM/SHELL/PHI/N based on RADIOSS 12.0
• /ANIM/SHELL/USRi based on RADIOSS 12.0
Updated Supported Keywords
• /MAT/LAW69 based on RADIOSS 12.0.210
• /PROP/TYPE6 based on RADIOSS 12.0.210
• /INTER/TYPE11 based on RADIOSS 12.0.210
• /INTER/TYPE21 based on RADIOSS 12.0.210
• /INTER/TYPE 5 based on RADIOSS 12.0.210
• /INTER/TYPE 7 based on RADIOSS 12.0.210
• /INTER/TYPE19 based on RADIOSS 12.0.210
• /INTER/TYPE12 based on RADIOSS 12.0.210
User Profiles
• Removed the user profiles Fix41, Block42, Block44
Resolved Issues
 • SPH meshing tool: Component that has SPH elements has no card image and PROP/SPH
is not updated with pitch information.
• /SURF/SEG renumbered during export in Mac.
• TSTOP variable in the /RUN keyword truncated during export.
• Hyperbeam for /PROP/BEAM and /PROP/TRUSS if Ixx != Iyy + Izz is no longer created on
import.
• Rigid elements are not updated when the set referred in rigid elements are updated.

HyperView
New Features/Enhancements
• Support for FEMZIP RADIOSS result files
• Support of element system like RADIOSS solver for shell elements
Resolved Issues
• Crash while exporting deformed shape in RADIOSS format

HyperGraph
Resolved Issues
• Incorrect data plotted while reading a T01 file that has duplicate labels.
• Loading a T01 fails with: "Error: Unable to recognize: /..../xxxxT01"
OptiStruct Interface 13.0.110 Release Notes

Nonlinear Hyperelastic Properties and Materials

Solver Conversion Enhancements
HyperView Reader Enhancements
Additional Solver Cards Support Updates
General Changes
Resolved Issues

13.0.110 Release Notes

Nonlinear Hyperelastic Properties and Materials
Support for OptiStruct nonlinear hyperelastic properties and materials:
• MATHE: New Material
• PLSOLID: New property

Solver Conversion Enhancements

Abaqus > OptiStruct
• Enhanced conversion of all SPRINGx entries (including JOINTC) to either CELAS/PELAS or
CBUSH/PBUSH depending on configuration.
• Enhanced conversion of all DASHPOTx entries (including JOINTC) to either CDAMP/PDAMP or
CBUSH/PBUSH depending on configuration.
• Structural damping for CONNECTOR SECTION.
• Complex stiffness for SPRING entries.
• Multiple bug fixes.

Ansys > OptiStruct

• BEAM188 standard and arbitrary section properties.
• SOLID185 and SOLID186 elements.
• MPC184 conversion enhancements to either RE2 or CBUSH/PBUSH depending on KEYOPT
configuration.
• Multiple bug fixes.

HyperView Reader Enhancements

• OP2 vector forces with corner data for CBAR, CBEAM, CWELD elements.

Additional Solver Cards Support Updates

 • DTI_UNITS: Updated unit types
• GAPPRM: New parameter GPCOINC
• SOLVTYP: New solver type MUMPS
• DSA: New output request
• PARAM: new parameter PRTMAXIM

General Changes
• Loads and systems are now organized along with parent collector like elements and nodes. The
support will be available from the Include View browser as well as from the Organize panel.
• HyperMesh will no longer automatically compress SETs on import unless HMSETTYPE comment
explicitly defines it as a formula set, or is defined using THRU statements in its original form.
• Moment Of Inertia Summary template updated as follows:
− Both 6x6 Moment of Inertia Matrices for Model (using origin as center, and using center of gravity as
center) are now in consistent tensorial form (negated off-diagonal terms), as per HyperMesh
documentation.
− An additional array of Moment of Inertia Values for Model, in non-tensorial form is now also included,
which directly corresponds to OptiStruct I(S) solver output convention.

Resolved Issues
• Fixed an Issue related to reading of HMDPRP IDs that are listed in the same line of HMDPRP
comment.
• Resolved organization issue where systems without System Collector HM Comments across
different includes were sometimes organized into existing System Collectors from different
include files.
• Fixed an issue where exported vectors do not remain in the same collector of an include file on
re-import.
• Fixed an issue where duplicate loads imported with FE-Overwrite option were not importing
correctly for some models.
• Fixed a crash in Model Checker when applying Autocorrect to the Free RBE3 Elements check for
some models.
• Abaqus > OptiStruct solver conversion resolved issues:
− Fixed an issue with beam vector orientation for some beam conversions.
− Fixed an issue with CONNECTOR SECTION without any CONNECTOR BEHAVIOR not converting
properly.
− Error in DOF mapping of SPRING1 element type is resolved.
− Corrected a minor issue where some elements remained highlighted on the screen after model
conversion.
− Entity Editor not sowing PBUSH K option as turned ON after converting some connectors with Connector
Elasticity Components issue has been fixed.
− Fixed an issue with B31 moment of inertia conversion with value 9999.9.
− Fixed some performance issues.
• Ansys > OptiStruct solver conversion resolved issues:
− Corrected a minor issue where some elements remained highlighted on the screen after model
conversion.
− Fixed a crash happening when converting some beam section of type channel and box.
− Fixed an issue with beam vector orientation for some beam conversions.
 • Mass calculation issue related to NSM applied to CONROD elements has been fixed.
• Friction Force results missing by HyperView for some OP2 result files issue is resolved.
• Fixed an issue where GRDSET system was ignored by HyperView when the *.fem file and *.h3d
file were loaded separately into the session.
• Issue with Mean Pressure missing inside Direct Grid Point Stress results for some OP2 files has
been fixed.
• HyperGraph on Linux and Mac not reading in Eigen Value results from some *.out files is now
fixed.
• Fixed an error message happening sometimes while replacing components with very large
RBE3-type HyperMesh connectors.
• Issue with SPOINTS exporting into an incorrect Include Files for some models.
• Fixed an error message happening in some models using OSSmooth with autobead and iosurface
options.
• Entity Editor not showing some options for PCONTX card issue has been fixed.
• PLOT button missing inside the TABLE Create utility on some monitors has been resolved.
• Fixed a Crash happening when clicking on Display None and Display All buttons in the Model
Browser for some models with multi-level nested includes.
• Issue with junk data being created as Unsupported Executive Control Card when reading some
models with very large HyperMesh Connector Comments has been fixed.
• Fixed a crash while importing some models containing colon symbols in SUBCASE names

13.0 Release Notes

Entity Editor
Support for OptiStruct interface in new HyperMesh 13.0 Entity Editor.
Groups displayed in the Entity Editor:
Loadsteps displayed in the Entity Editor:
Materials displayed in the Entity Editor:
Enhanced Nodal Thickness Visualization
Support for individual nodal thickness 3D visualization and element color mode is now available,
making it possible to visualize varying thickness per element instead of constant average value.
• Supports element Ti, ZOFFS values
• Elemental Ti and ZOFFS values supersede property thickness and offset
• Blank elemental Ti inherits property thickness
• Mass calculation uses constant average thickness per elements, as per OptiStruct solver
OptiStruct CONTACT Enhancements
• Surface-to-Surface (S2S) contact definition

− DISCRET: New option inside CONTACT

• Contact thermal conductivity in heat transfer analysis

− PCONTHT: New extension card inside PCONT

Subcase-specific Modeling and Global-local Analysis (Zooming)

New features in OptiStruct that allow analyzing multiple structures in a single solver run have been
added.
• SUBMODEL: New subcase option
• GLOBSUB: New subcase option

SUBCOM/SUBSEQ Support for Linear Combination Subcases

• New subcase type Combination Subcase Delimiter
• New subcase option SUBSEQ

Bars Panel Enhancements: Offsets in Elemental System, OFFT Flag Support

It is now possible to define offset vectors in elemental system. Additionally, the CBAR and CBEAM
OFFT field is now linked to the orientation and offset definitions in the panel.

Self-contained Include File Export

New options available in the Model browser’s Include View context-sensitive menu (right-click)
allows you to export the selected include, or all includes, as self-contained files.
Self-contained include files will contain all nodes and systems that are referenced by entities
within the same include, even if such nodes and systems belong to different includes. Because
self-contained includes contain all nodes and systems used by entities within it, they can be
always imported into HyperMesh on their own without requiring the rest of the model.
New Import Solver Options
• Delete duplicate systems.

OptiStruct Optimization Enhancements

• Composite manufacturing constraints:
− Zone-based (GROUP) definition support inside Free Size panel.
• Thermal/mechanical strain options for composites strain response
• Mode Shape response
• Stress Cluster Constraint option inside static stress response
• GPFORCE and SPCFORCE responses

Frequency-dependent Materials
Support for OptiStruct frequency-dependent materials:
• MATF1: New extension card inside MAT1
• MATF2: New extension card inside MAT2
• MATF8: New extension card inside MAT8
• MATF9: New extension card inside MAT9
• MATF10: New extension card inside MAT10

Solver Conversion Enhancements

Abaqus > OptiStruct
• Nonlinear springs
• Contact friction
• Surface behavior separation and overclosure
• Orthotropic materials

ANSYS > OptiStruct

• 2D orthotropic materials to MAT8
• 3D orthotropic materials to MAT9ORT

RADIOSS > OptiStruct

• Elements: BEAM, SPRING, TRUSS, BRICK, BRIC20, PENTA4, TETRA4, SH3N, SHELL
• Properties: Beam (TYPE 3/4/8/13), Truss (TYPE 2), Solid (TYPE 14), Shell (Type 1)
• Materials: LAW 0, 1, 2, 36

PERMAS > OptiStruct

• Elements: BECOC, MASS, TRIA, QUAD, SRPING, DAMP, TET, PENTA, HEXE, MPC
• Properties: BEAM, DAMP1/3/6, SHELL, SPRING1/3/6
• Material data: Elastic, Plastic, Hardening, Thermal
Factor of Safety Options for Fatigue Analysis
• FATPARM:
− New TYPE=FOS option added
− New FOS continuation line
• FOS: New global and subcase-specific output card
• MATFAT: New FOS continuation line

HyperView Reader Enhancements

• OP2 CSHEAR results as corner data
• OP2 CBEAM results as corner data

Model Checker
New error check: RBE3 dof connected to solid. Flags an error if the DOFs specified on an RBE3
independent grid which belongs to a solid element does not include components 1, 2, or 3, and if
it includes components 4, or 5, or 6.

Additional Solver Cards Support Updates

• MATT4: New extension card inside MAT4
• MAT10: ALPHA field added
• MATX28: New extension card inside MAT9ORT
• TICA: New load collector
• CAALOAD: New load collector
• ASSIGN: New H3DCAA option added
• SURF: Option for FACE format added
• CDSMETH: TOL, SSF, RSF fields added. Removed old option SVDP
• MBFRC: Continuation line with G4 option added
• DOPTPRM: APPROX option added
• CONTF: OPTI format added
• CTRIA3/6: TOP/BOTTOM options for ZOFFS added
• CQUAD4/8: TOP/BOTTOM options for ZOFFS added
• PSOLIDX: LAMBDAV, MUV, IHKT fields added
• CELAS4: GE, S fields added
• MSGLMT: New MODE option with BRIEF, UNREF, STRICT values
• SWLDPRM updates:
− CNRAGLI
− CNRAGLO
− GMCHK
− GSTOL
− SHOWAUX

• PARAM updates:
− AGGPCH − PRINFACC
− ASCOUP − RECOVER
 − AUTOMSET − RFIOUT
− BUSHSTIF − SHL2MEM
− CMSALOD − SNAPTHRU
− DISJOINT − SPLREFDB
− MASSDMIG − SPLC
− ELASSTIF − SPLRHO
− ENFMOTN − SPLFAC
− GRDPNT − TRAKMETH
− GRIDFORM − TRAKMTX
− MFILTER − VMOPT
− NLFAT

General Changes
• Export performance of single include file has been improved.
• Hardcoded default values on all cards have been substituted with true solver default
designation, represented by a <blank> entry. All previously defined default values will
still appear as optional initial value when a card field is first turned on in either the Card
Previewer or Entity Editor.
• Formula to calculate frequency from Complex Eigenvalue analysis in HyperView has been
updated from sqrt[eigen_real^2+eigen_imag^2]/2*Pi, to eigen_imag/2*Pi, which
matches solver output. A new OP2/XDB reader option has been added that allows
manually reverting to the old formula.

Resolved Issues
• Abaqus > OptiStruct solver conversion resolved issues:
− Fixed error message when converting unused composite section properties with
orientation/system definitions.
− Fixed error message when converting models containing names with quotes, semi colons and
spaces.
• ANSYS > OptiStruct solver conversion resolved issues:
− Fixed issue with HyperMesh creating and associating a PMASS property to converted CONM2
elements.
• HyperGraph showing mode numbers instead of frequency values in H3D Eigen Mode
plot issue has been corrected.
• Issue with LFREQ/UFREQ fields inside DCONSTR not showing for DRESP2 response has
been corrected.
• Mass calculation ignoring for MAT9ORT material issue has been fixed.
• Multiple RANDOM entries are now allowed inside GLOBAL_CASE_CONTROL.
• Issue with HyperMesh panel not reviewing rms-stress optimization response correctly
has been fixed.
• SET of type elem and subtype prop not importing when referring to PCOMP or PCOMPG
issue has been fixed.
• Failed export of Bulk unsupported cards with very long fields issue has been fixed.
• Issue with Loadstep browser not listing load collectors with PLOAD1 loads issue has
been fixed.
• CMSMETH SPID_INT field not allowing integer entry of more than 7 characters issue
has been corrected.
• Issue with PCONT GPAD option as blank/default being interpreted as THICK has been
 fixed.
• Fixed an issue with OptiStruct reader ignoring PANEL name in HM Comments during
import.
• Import error for some SURF cards generated in SimLab error due to alternate node
ordering issue has been corrected.
• Wrong DRESP1 stress code for FRF stress response for shell elements at Z2 location
issue has been fixed.
• Multiple entries of PLYDRP continuation line with ALL option are now allowed in DSIZE
and DCOMP cards.
• DSIZE import errors due to overflow of PLYDRP PDX, PDY, PDZ values and missing
continuation line have been fixed.
• Error message in Auto Contact tool when selecting components that have squared
brackets in name has been fixed.
• Issue with Objective panel not allowing subcase selection when using ERP optimization
response has been fixed.
• Issue with DVCREL import ignoring EPNAME/FID field with GE value has been fixed.
• Issue with Fluid PFMODE SETDOF selector filtering selection to SET_GRIDC has been
fixed.
• Fixed an issue where duplicate loads imported with FE-Overwrite option were not
importing correctly for some models.
• HyperMesh can now import nested include files using either a path relative to the file
containing its INCLUDE statement, or relative to the Master file.
• Fixed an issue where DMIG bulk cards were being imported as CASE_UNSUPPORTED
cards instead of BULK_UNSUPPORTED.
• BOX TRIM resolved issues
− Removed Box Collector field from Box Trim dialog.
− Removal of temporary nodes which are outside the bounding box.
− Closing Box Trim dialog after Trim operation.