Create Collectors
All entities in an HyperMesh database are stored in collectors. Based on the assigned template, each collector may use a dictionary or card image to define the attributes assigned to the collector. The definitions contained in the dictionaries or card image are used to translate models to external analysis codes.
Change the Current Collector
By default, when you create a new collector it automatically becomes the current collector.
New components, loads, beam sections, multibodies, and so on will be created and organized within the respective current collector.
The current collector status is indicated in bold.
From the Model Browser, right-click on the collector and
select Make Current from the context menu.
Tip: If you do not know the name of the collector to make current you can
quickly find it by activating the selector (
) in the Model Browser and selecting the collector in the modeling window. The selected collector becomes highlighted in
the Model Browser.
) in the Model Browser and selecting the collector in the modeling window. The selected collector becomes highlighted in
the Model Browser.