Learn the basics and discover the workspace.
Explore the HyperWorks X user interface.
The modeling window is where your model is displayed.
View new features for HyperWorks X.
The menu bar contains pull-down menus that provide access to standard functions such as file management operations, system preferences, and help.
The ribbon allows you to quickly access tools and standard functions, and is located along the top of HyperWorks X. Click on an icon to open the related tool. Hovering over a group of icons may reveal additional tools.
The Model Browser displays and organizes all of the objects in your model in a tree structure, and enables access to objects that are not currently shown in the modeling window.
The Entity Editor shows all the properties of a selected object and enables you to edit them.
The status bar displays information pertaining to the currently loaded model as well as descriptions of pages and panels.
Pre-processing and post-processing tools are displayed on panels located at the bottom of the application.
Guide bars guide you through a series of commands, required inputs, and options necessary to complete a workflow that is specific to a tool.
Dialogs are temporary, movable windows designed to enable two-way communication between you and the application.
Microdialogs are miniature dialogs that allow you to interact directly with selected objects in the modeling window. The primary function of a microdialog is to allow you to enter and accept values in numeric fields.
View controls enable you to control the view and display of your model in the modeling window.
Quickly search for entities in your model, tools, panels, and help topics, as well as create entities and solver cards.
Select and deselect entities to modify with other HyperWorks X tools. Selected entities are outlined to indicate their selection state.
Translate and rotate selected entities.
Measure length and angles.
Several tools require you to define a plane or a vector direction to perform a certain function, such as dragging geometry along a vector, spinning it about an axis, or splitting it with a plane. Using the Vector tool, both planes and vectors can be defined as needed.
Configure the view of HyperWorks X.
Default keyboard shortcuts and mouse controls.
Discover HyperWorks X functionality with interactive tutorials.
Learn how to create, open, import and save models.
Solver interfaces supported in HyperMesh.
A solver interface is made up of a template and a FE-input reader.
Support provided by the CAD readers and writers.
Perform automatic checks on CAD models, and identify potential issues with geometry that may slow down the meshing process using the Verification and Comparison tools.
Create and edit geometry.
Learn about the different types of mesh you can create in HyperWorks X.
Create and edit 0D/1D entities and edit 2D elements.
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