Explore, organize and manage your personal data, collaborate in teams, and connect to other data sources, such as corporate PLM systems to access CAD data or publish simulation data.
Use the Organize browser to organize your data and use it inside HyperWorks.
View new features for HyperWorks Desktop 2019.
Learn the basics and discover the workspace.
Discover HyperWorks Desktop functionality with interactive tutorials.
Start HyperWorks Desktop and configure the applications.
Learn how to create, open, import and save models.
Control the view and display of your model in the modeling window.
Use the Session Browser to view the current session and all the pages and windows it contains in a hierarchical display.
Publish Session allows you to save the current session as an HTML file or a Microsoft PowerPoint file.
Use the Parameters Browser to parameterize the contents of a session file or report template and automate a variety of analysis processes with the Parameters Browser.
Automate common workflows using the Process Manager or Automate tool.
Common terminology used with the HyperWorks collaboration features is described in this section.
Content refers to any information stored in a library. Content Definitions encapsulate information about the types of information managed by the HyperWorks libraries.
HyperWorks has one out-of-the-box repository, Personal (managed repository).
Libraries can be created within a repository to logically organize or group the contents stored within a repository. Repositories can contain one or more libraries.
A workspace is a local directory where files are retrieved from the vault so that they can be viewed and/or modified.
Content inside a library can be organized by folders and categories.
The Content Browser is the main component of the Organize browser and displays library content in many ways, according to options available from the toolbar.
The Properties panel shows metadata names and values for the selected object in the Content Browser.
Use the Content Browser to set your preferences.
The Explore dialog provides enhanced capabilities for searching for and retrieving data, beyond what is provided from typical file browse dialogs.
Use the Subscribe dialog to register or subscribe to parts or items of interest that reside within a corporate PDM system. Once the parts have been subscribed to, the dialog helps to ensure that you are working with the latest information by allowing you to quickly check whether any subscribed to parts have been updated, and to seamlessly retrieve updated information and files for those that have.
MotionView supports a limited version of interface with HyperWorks Collaboration Tools.
HyperWorks Collaboration Tools comes with an out-of-the-box profile, which is tailored specifically for organizing and managing material information and data.
Overview of external readers and the Altair Binary Format, the generic ASCII reader, running HyperWorks in batch mode, using Tcl/Tk commands, translators, and result math.
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