Position

Place a connector in-between the center of the two farthest defined links or its source position using the Position option.

Before you begin, define Position Settings.

Restriction: Bolt and area connectors are not supported for the positioning.

Highlight the connector(s) you want to position, then right-click and select Position > <style> from the context menu.

The source position is the position of the connector before it has been positioned in the center.

In the case of line connectors, each individual connector point is centered.

Note: The source position of a connector is saved on the connector during the centering, therefore it is possible to go back to the origin position. There are certain actions, which reset the source position to the current one. This happens, for example, when splitting or translating a connector. Also, the source position is only available in the current session; it will not be saved in either the HyperMesh file or in the .xml file.

If a connector is defined with the link conservation option use extra links, it might be that positioning to the center provides unexpected results because all of the links with valid projections are considered, even if they are not needed for the final realization.

Position Settings

Settings used to define how connectors are positioned.

Access Position Settings by right-clicking on a connector and selecting Position > Position Settings from the context menu.

Table 1.
Option	Description
Consider only	These settings help to filter down the connector selection to those whom should be considered for the intended positioning. Exclusively connectors with the checked attributes are considered. Spots Consider spot connectors. Seam Consider seam connectors. Unrealized Consider unrealized connectors. Realized Consider realized connectors. Failed Consider failed connectors. =2t Consider connectors with a number of layers equal to 2. >2t Consider connectors with a number of layers greater than 2.
Upon Positioning	Functionality to use for FE representation during or after the positioning of connectors that have already been realized. Unrealize Unrealize all of the connectors being considered for positioning. Registered FE elements will be deleted. Rerealize Realize all of the connectors being considered for positioning, starting from their new position. Accept wo Reconfirmation Place all of the connectors being considered for positioning in their new location without doing anything to the realized FE. This option is only recommended for simple realization types with smaller extensiveness, since these use a similar projection logic than the center positioning. There is always the risk that a formerly successful realized connector fails after the center positioning. The risk increases with the complexity of the realization type.