HyperWorks Desktop

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User Interface
The user interface (UI) provides a consistent look and feel when you are working with the following: HyperMesh, HyperView, MotionView, HyperGraph, HyperGraph 3D, TextView or MediaView.
Command Window
The command window enables you to enter and execute Tcl/Tk commands instead of using the User Interface.
HyperView Command Window Commands
Overview of the HyperView commands that can be entered in the command window to manipulate the model.

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Tutorials
Startup Procedures and Customizations
File Management
Display Controls
Session Navigation
Publish Session
Parameterize Report Templates
Workflow Automation
HyperWorks Collaboration Tools
HyperWorks Desktop Reference Guides

HyperWorks Desktop

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View new features for HyperWorks Desktop 2019.
Get Started
Learn the basics and discover the workspace.
- User Interface
  The user interface (UI) provides a consistent look and feel when you are working with the following: HyperMesh, HyperView, MotionView, HyperGraph, HyperGraph 3D, TextView or MediaView.
  - Title Bar
    The title bar displays the name of the Session file (*.mvw) that is currently opened, along with the active product and user profile.
  - Menu Bar
    The menu bar contains pull-down menus that provide access to standard functions such as New, Open, Save and Undo/Redo. This is also where you can access system preferences, and the help.
  - Toolbars
    Each toolbar contains a group of icon buttons that provide access to common tools.
  - Tab Area
    The tab area organizes browsers, Utility menus for the solver interfacing user profiles, and other functionality not shown in the panel area in different tabs.
  - Pages and Windows
    The main display area of the user interface is called a page. Each page can contain up to 16 windows.
  - Modeling Window
    The modeling window displays your model, geometry and plots.
  - Browsers
    Browsers list the parts of a model in a tabular and/or tree-based format, and provide controls inside the table that allow you to alter the display of model parts.
  - Entity Editor
    The Entity Editor enables you to quickly view and edit entities in a model and correctly setup solver information.
  - Command Window
    The command window enables you to enter and execute Tcl/Tk commands instead of using the User Interface.
    - HyperView Command Window Commands
      Overview of the HyperView commands that can be entered in the command window to manipulate the model.
      - add
        Adds the elements based on the arguments supplied from the model loaded in the active window.
      - ani
        Controls the animation of the loaded results in the current page.
      - col
        Changes the colors of different entities, depending upon the arguments.
      - era
        Masks the elements based on the arguments supplied from the model loaded in the active window.
      - gro
        Creates/edits a group of the displayed elements in the active window.
      - rea
        Reads in model/results in a HyperView session.
      - sty
        Sets the display style.
    - Intellisense
      The Intellisense window allows you to quickly locate commands for a given handle, as well as their parameters.
  - Panels
    Panels contains pre-processing and post-processing tools.
  - Status Bar
    The status bar displays information pertaining to the currently loaded model as well as descriptions of the pages and panels.
- Input Controls
  Input controls allow you to manipulate your methods of entering and controlling different aspects of HyperWorks Desktop.
- Mouse Controls
  The mouse attached to your system is integral to HyperWorks Desktop and can be used in almost every aspect of user input. Some operations require pressing a keyboard key in addition to using the mouse.
- Keyboard Shortcuts
  Default keyboard shortcuts.
- SpaceBall/SpaceMouse Devices
  Supported SpaceBall or SpaceMouse devices.
Tutorials
Discover HyperWorks Desktop functionality with interactive tutorials.
Startup Procedures and Customizations
Start HyperWorks Desktop and configure the applications.
File Management
Learn how to create, open, import and save models.
Display Controls
Control the view and display of your model in the modeling window.
Session Navigation
Use the Session Browser to view the current session and all the pages and windows it contains in a hierarchical display.
Publish Session
Publish Session allows you to save the current session as an HTML file or a Microsoft PowerPoint file.
Parameterize Report Templates
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.
Workflow Automation
Automate common workflows using the Process Manager or Automate tool.
HyperWorks Collaboration Tools
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.
HyperWorks Desktop Reference Guides
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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HyperWorks Desktop

Home
Get Started
Learn the basics and discover the workspace.
User Interface
The user interface (UI) provides a consistent look and feel when you are working with the following: HyperMesh, HyperView, MotionView, HyperGraph, HyperGraph 3D, TextView or MediaView.
Command Window
The command window enables you to enter and execute Tcl/Tk commands instead of using the User Interface.
HyperView Command Window Commands
Overview of the HyperView commands that can be entered in the command window to manipulate the model.

What's New
Get Started
Tutorials
Startup Procedures and Customizations
File Management
Display Controls
Session Navigation
Publish Session
Parameterize Report Templates
Workflow Automation
HyperWorks Collaboration Tools
HyperWorks Desktop Reference Guides

HyperView Command Window Commands

Overview of the HyperView commands that can be entered in the command window to manipulate the model.

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