Create Attachments
Create attachments from projections, holes, or nodes.
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From the Connectors ribbon, click the Attachment
tool.
Figure 1. 
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Click
on the guide bar.
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Choose a selection option.
- Automatic - Create attachments by selecting a part or component and providing hole tolerances. HyperMesh identifies the holes based on the selection and creates attachments at the location.
- Manual - Define a projection, hole, or node (or a series of nodes) explicitly as an attachment. This use case is for capturing difficult geometry as attachments, or for defining the center node of a pre-existing rigid spider as an attachment. These attachments support a Name and will push the name to the 10th field of the node for OptiStruct and Nastran.
- Enter a maximum and minimum dimension and a tolerance value.
- For manual selection, define the link type and which links to consider.
- Use the selector on the guide bar to choose the parts, components, or nodes.
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Use the
icon in the microdialog or
the checkbox in the options menu to show or hide connector projections.
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Use the drop-down menu on the guide bar to assign an
attachment control to the connector.
Choose a previously defined control or click Create New to open the Control Manager and define a new control. If you select Undefined, the connector will be created without a control.
By default, an assigned control is realized.
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On the guide bar, click one of the following:
- Apply and stay in the tool
- Apply and close the tool
- Exit the tool without applying