HyperLife User's Guide

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Get Started
Learn the basics and discover the workspace.
View Controls
View controls enable you to control the view and display of your model in the modeling window.
Contour
Use the Contour tool to create contour plots of a model and graphically visualize the analysis results.
Create and Manage Contour Plots
Learn about creating and managing contour plots.
Clear Contour

What's New
Get Started
Tutorials
File Management
Measure
Query
Sets
Fatigue Analysis Overview
Setup Analysis
Evaluate

HyperLife User's Guide

What's New
View new features for HyperLife.
Get Started
Learn the basics and discover the workspace.
- HyperLife Overview
  A comprehensive fatigue solutions framework.
- User Interface
  Explore the HyperLife user interface.
- View Controls
  View controls enable you to control the view and display of your model in the modeling window.
  - Show, Hide, Isolate Entities
    Turn the display of entities on and off in the modeling window.
  - Store and Recall Custom Views
    Save the current view of your model for future reference, and recall saved views.
  - Rotate, Pan, Zoom, Fit, Center
    Adjust your view of the model in the modeling window.
  - Mesh Display Settings
    Change the display of mesh in the modeling window by configuring the mesh display settings.
  - Model Color Settings
    Change how geometry and mesh entities are visualized in the modeling window by selecting a color mode.
  - Contour
    Use the Contour tool to create contour plots of a model and graphically visualize the analysis results.
    - Create and Manage Contour Plots
      Learn about creating and managing contour plots.
    - Color Band Generation
      A contour plot generates color bands on the model, based on the values found in the results file.
    - Additional Comments
    - Counting Layers
      The Count layers option in the Contour panel and Iso panel allows you to calculate and display how many layers/plies are in each element.
    - Composites Post-processing
      Composites post-processing is enhanced in HyperLife with the reorganization of ply results as layers.
    - Layer Filter
      The layer filter reduces the layer list available in the Contour, Iso, Vector, and Tensor panels for the data types that have layers (for example, plies in composite stress/stains or any tensor result with layers).
    - Value Filter
      The Value filter available in the Contour panel allows you to specify threshold criteria for processing results only in a specific range.
    - Caching Results
      After a contour plot has been applied in the Contour panel, the Cache feature will become active and allow you to add the currently active contour result to an internal cache.
    - Mid-side Node Elemental Results in Contour
      Mid-side nodes refers to the nodes in between the corner nodes of the 2nd order elements.
    - Post-processing Stress Results Using the Contour Panel
  - Iso
    Use the Iso tool to display single iso values (iso surfaced for solids or iso line for shells) dependent on results data.
  - Vector
    Use the Vector tool to set options for a vector plot.
  - Tensor
    Use the Tensor tool to view tensor plots of stress and strain directions and magnitudes for various solvers from elemental values.
  - Section Cut
    Use the Section Cut tool to cut planar or deformable sections through a model.
  - Animation Controls
    HyperLife's animation functions allow you to view your model in motion.
- Selection
  Select and deselect entities to modify with other HyperLife tools. Selected entities are outlined to indicate their selection state.
- Preferences
  Adjust HyperLife settings.
Tutorials
Discover HyperLife functionality with interactive tutorials.
File Management
Learn how to create, open, import and save models.
Measure
Use the Measure tool to measure various distances and angles between entities.
Query
Explode the model and create derived load cases.
Sets
Use the Sets tool to create, import, and export sets/groups of components (parts), elements, and nodes.
Fatigue Analysis Overview
Fatigue Analysis is intended for solutions to structures in a large number of loading cycles.
Setup Analysis
Setup your model for analysis.
Evaluate
Run the model and view results.

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HyperLife User's Guide

Home
Get Started
Learn the basics and discover the workspace.
View Controls
View controls enable you to control the view and display of your model in the modeling window.
Contour
Use the Contour tool to create contour plots of a model and graphically visualize the analysis results.
Create and Manage Contour Plots
Learn about creating and managing contour plots.
Clear Contour

What's New
Get Started
Tutorials
File Management
Measure
Query
Sets
Fatigue Analysis Overview
Setup Analysis
Evaluate

Clear Contour

From the Contour panel, click the Clear Contour button.

The contour is cleared and the model returns to its original state.

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