Entity Types

HyperWorks Desktop entities are often used as string parameters in commands that act directly on entities in some fashion, such as creating filtered sets that contain only a specific entity type.

Below is a list of all of the entities available in HyperWorks Desktop. These entities can be used verbatim in any command that accepts an <entity_type> (or similar) argument.
assemblies bags beamsectcols beamsects
blocks cards components connectors
contactsurfs controlvols curves ddvals
domains dvprels elements ellipsoids
laminates lines loadcols loads
loadsteps materials mbjoints mbplanes
morphconstraints morphvolumes multibodies nodes
objectives opticonstraints opticontrols optidscreens
optiresponses outputblocks plies plots
points properties sensors sets
shapes solids surfaces symmetries
systemcols systems tables tags
titles topolines* topopoints* vectorcols
vectors      
*These entity types are specific to surfaces. Topopoints represent vertex or fixed surface points, while topolines represent surface topological edges/lines. They are subsets of the points and lines entity types.