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Altair HyperWorks Introduction
Quick introduction to Altair HyperWorks and its suite of products.
HyperWorks Licensing
View HyperWorks licensing units and features information.
HyperWorks 2019 Product Licensing Unit Draw
HyperWorks 2019 licensing is based on the Altair Licensing System, which provides the unique and flexible HyperWorks Business Model to our customers.
Special CAD Reader Licenses
CATIA V5 reader for HyperMesh requires a separate standalone CatiaV5Reader license feature.

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View new features for HyperWorks 2019.
Altair HyperWorks Introduction
Quick introduction to Altair HyperWorks and its suite of products.
- Product Overviews
  Overview of each product included in Altair HyperWorks.
- HyperWorks Help
  The HyperWorks online help gives you in-depth knowledge of the HyperWorks products.
- About HyperWorks
  The About HyperWorks dialog contains legal information related to the HyperWorks applications, including copyright statements, trademark ownership, and a link to HyperWorks third party application license agreements.
- Get Updates and System Information
  In addition to the main releases of HyperWorks, Altair issues software updates between major releases.
- Platform Support
  Platforms, operating systems, and processors supported by HyperWorks 2019. This includes 2019 solver packages.
- HyperView 2019 Stereoscopic 3D Setup
  This section describes what is needed for enabling and displaying HyperView in stereoscopic 3D.
- Hardware Recommendations and Certifications
  View the most recent recommended graphic boards, laptops and desktop hardware configurations.
- Installing Non-US Keyboards
  Learn how to configure a local keyboard for your operating system.
- HyperWorks Licensing
  View HyperWorks licensing units and features information.
  - HyperWorks 2019 Product Licensing Unit Draw
    HyperWorks 2019 licensing is based on the Altair Licensing System, which provides the unique and flexible HyperWorks Business Model to our customers.
    - HyperWorks Desktop Application Unit Draw
      A summary of the HyperWorks Units (HWUs) drawn by application license feature name.
    - Standalone Product Unit Draw
      In addition to the HyperWorks 2019 product suite, there are many HyperWorks standalone products that draws the HyperWorks Units. The following table is a summary of HWUs drawn of those products.
    - HyperWorks Solvers Unit Draw
      A description of the licensing for the solvers.
    - Special CAD Reader Licenses
      CATIA V5 reader for HyperMesh requires a separate standalone CatiaV5Reader license feature.
    - License Environment Variable Setting
      The environment variable ALTAIR_LICENSE_PATH is used to point to the license file or server. This has changed. In the past, the environment variable was either LM_LICENSE_FILE or ALTAIR_LM_LICENSE_FILE.
    - Compatibility
      Altair License Manager 14.0.2 (and updates) is required for HyperWorks 2019 and its updates. HyperWorks 9.1, 10.1, 11.0, 12.0, 13.0, 14.0, 2017, and 2018 are compatible with Altair License Manager 14.0.2.
  - Project Tracking
    All applications using the licensing system have the added capability to log a project string on the server during license checkouts.
  - Connecting to the Altair License Manager
    HyperWorks applications recognize either node-locked licenses or floating licenses consuming HyperWorks Units served from a license server.
  - Global Licensing
    Global licensing restricts client usage to the appropriately licensed Global Zone. There are three Global Zones defined by Altair.
  - Hosted HyperWorks Units (HHWU)
    Altair has added a cloud-based license server solution known as Hosted HyperWorks Units (HHWU) to HyperWorks release 12.0 and above. This allows customers to use either/or a traditional on-premise license server or an Altair hosted server managed via Altair Connect. Altair Connect is Altair’s global customer portal.
- Run HyperWorks on Windows
  The installation process creates an HyperWorks group under All Programs on the Start menu for Windows 7 and under the Apps menu for Windows 10.
- Run HyperWorks on Linux
Tutorials
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Altair HyperWorks Tools
Administrative tools to customize your Altair HyperWorks installation.

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HyperWorks 2019 Help

Home
Altair HyperWorks Introduction
Quick introduction to Altair HyperWorks and its suite of products.
HyperWorks Licensing
View HyperWorks licensing units and features information.
HyperWorks 2019 Product Licensing Unit Draw
HyperWorks 2019 licensing is based on the Altair Licensing System, which provides the unique and flexible HyperWorks Business Model to our customers.
Special CAD Reader Licenses
CATIA V5 reader for HyperMesh requires a separate standalone CatiaV5Reader license feature.

What's New
Altair HyperWorks Introduction
Tutorials
Altair HyperWorks Tools

Special CAD Reader Licenses

CATIA V5 reader for HyperMesh requires a separate standalone CatiaV5Reader license feature.

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