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Learn the basics and discover the workspace.
Working with Entities
Learn how to manipulate entities.
Basic Entity Operations
Learn the basics of working with entities.
Rename Entities
Change the name of entities.

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What's New
View new features for Altair HyperWorks 2024.
Get Started
Learn the basics and discover the workspace.
- User Interface
  Explore the user interface.
- Adjust the View
  View controls enable you to control the view and display of your model in the modeling window.
- Find and Search for Tools
  Quickly find and open the tools and browsers that are available from the ribbons, as well as create entities and solver cards.
- Selection
  Select and deselect entities to modify with other tools. Selected entities are outlined to indicate their selection state.
- Move, Snap, and Orient
  Translate, rotate, and align the model.
- Measures
  Use the Measure tool to measure length, angles, radii, areas, volumes, centers of gravity, and bounding boxes.
- Working with Entities
  Learn how to manipulate entities.
  - Basic Entity Operations
    Learn the basics of working with entities.
    - Create Entities
      Add entities to the model.
    - Edit Entities
      Modify entity parameters.
    - Delete Entities
      Remove entities from the model.
    - Duplicate Entities
      Duplicate selected entities.
    - Rename Entities
      Change the name of entities.
    - Change the Color of Entities
      Change the display color of entities in the modeling window.
    - Make Entities Current
      Determine which collector new entities are placed in.
    - Edit Cards
      Edit an entity's card. You can edit multiple entities provided they use identical card images.
    - Review Entities
      In Review mode, you can review selected entities irrespective of their display state.
    - View Entity References
      Open the Reference Browser and display the relationship of selected entities to other entities in the model in a hierarchical tree structure.
    - Change the Active or Export State of Entities
      Set various states for entities in a model.
  - Entity Editor Operations
    Learn how to work with entities using the Entity Editor.
  - Entity Attribute Default Settings
    Define the mandatory, default value, and/or hidden state settings for entity attributes.
  - Transform, Mirror, and Scale, Entities
    Use the tools in the Home ribbon group menu to transform, mirror/reflect, and adjust the dimensions of entities.
  - Add Metadata
    Add metadata to all types of entities. The added metadata can be saved to an *.hm file.
- Undo-Redo
  Undo and redo actions.
- Keyboard Shortcuts and Mouse Controls
  Default keyboard shortcuts and mouse controls.
- SpaceBall/SpaceMouse Devices
  Supported SpaceBall or SpaceMouse devices.
Tutorials
Learn more about the Altair HyperWorks suite of products with interactive tutorials.
Startup Procedures and Customizations
Start and configure the applications.
Tool Finder
View a list of deprecated panels and their newer, equivalent workflows.
Manage Files and Data
Create, open, import, and save models.
Sessions and Report Templates
Set up sessions and create report templates.
Interface with External Products
Solver interfaces supported in HyperMesh.
Entities and Solver Interfaces
A solver interface is made up of a template and a FE-input reader.
Browsers
Browsers provide a structured view of model data, which you can use to review, modify, create, and manage the contents of a model. In addition to visualization, browsers offer features like search, filtering, and sorting, which enhance your ability to navigate and interact with the model data.
Sketching
Create and edit 2D parametric sketch geometry.
Topology
Create, edit, and cleanup geometry.
FE Geometry
FE geometry is topology on top of mesh, meaning CAD and mesh exist as a single entity. The purpose of FE geometry is to add vertices, edges, surfaces, and solids on FE models which have no CAD geometry.
Meshing and Elements
Explore the different types of mesh you can create in HyperMesh and create and edit 0D, 1D, 2D, and 3D elements.
Model Build and Assembly
Create, organize and manage parts and subsystems.
Composites
HyperMesh composites modeling.
Connectors
Create connections between parts of your model.
Morph
Rapidly change the shape of the FE mesh without severely sacrificing the mesh quality.
Skeleton Modeling
Create a reduced ordered model to facilitate optimization at the concept phase.
Design Space
Workflow to support topology optimization model build and setup.
Optimization
Setup an Optimization in HyperMesh.
Design Explorer
Multi-disciplinary design exploration and optimization tools.
Validate
Validate the model built before running solver analysis.
Analyze
Models require loads and boundary conditions in order to represent the various physics and/or physical equivalents to bench and in-use testing.
Axisymmetry
Reduce a full 3D model with axisymmetric surfaces while accounting for imperfections.
Concept Modeling
Tools and workflows that are dedicated to rapidly creating new parts for specific use cases, or amending existing parts. The current capabilities are focused on stiffening parts.
Crash and Safety
Tools used for crash and safety analysis.
Airbag
Use airbag folder utilities and export a resulting airbag in a Radioss deck.
Aerospace
Essential utility tools developed using HyperMesh-Tcl.
Aeroelasticity
Import an aeroelastic finite element model with Nastran Bulk Data format.
Certification
Framework to plug certification methods to assess margin of safety from the model and result information.
PhysicsAI
Use PhysicsAI to build fast predictive models from CAE data. PhysicsAI can be trained on data with any physics or remeshing and without design variables.
Results Data
Results data can be post-processed using both HyperMesh and HyperView.
Developer
The Developer ribbon contains tools for automation and customization.
Plot Data
HyperGraph is a data analysis and plotting tool with interfaces to many file formats.
Multibody Modeling
MotionView is a general pre-processor for Multibody Dynamics.
Media Files
MediaView plays video files, displays static images, tracks objects, and measures distances.
Tabulate Results
Use TableView to create an Excel-like spreadsheet.
Text Files
TextView math scripts reference vector data from HyperGraph windows to automate data processing and data summary.
Publishing and Reporting
Create, define, and export reports.
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.

Rename Entities

Change the name of entities.

The high-level entity folders are non-editable, but you can rename folders containing the assembly hierarchy.

Select an entity in a browser.
Do one of the following:
- Right-click and select Rename from the context menu.
- Press F2.
  (HyperMesh only)
- Select the Name/Label field in the Entity Editor.
Enter a new name for the entity.

Note: The new name must be unique.

All instances of the renames entity are updated automatically.

Cancel the rename operation by pressing Esc.