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Meshing and Elements
Explore the different types of mesh you can create in HyperMesh and create and edit 0D, 1D, 2D, and 3D elements.
3D
Explore the different types of 3D mesh you can create in HyperMesh.
Create 3D Mesh
Explore the tools used to create 3D mesh.
Solids
Solids are closed volume of surfaces that can take any shape. Solids are three-dimensional entities that can be used in automatic tetra and solid meshing.

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What's New
View new features for Altair HyperWorks 2024.
Get Started
Learn the basics and discover the workspace.
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.
- Meshing Preferences
  Define meshing preferences.
- Element Configurations
  Each element has an associated element configuration. An element configuration tells HyperMesh how to draw, store, and work with the element.
- Supported Solver Cards
  Solver cards supported for elements.
- Review Element Quality
  Use the Element Quality view to review element quality while simultaneously editing your model.
- 1D
  Explore the different types of 1D mesh you can create in HyperMesh.
- 2D
  Explore the different types of 2D mesh you can create in HyperMesh.
- 3D
  Explore the different types of 3D mesh you can create in HyperMesh.
  - 3D Elements
    Supported 3D elements.
  - Create 3D Mesh
    Explore the tools used to create 3D mesh.
    - Solids
      Solids are closed volume of surfaces that can take any shape. Solids are three-dimensional entities that can be used in automatic tetra and solid meshing.
      - Create Bounding Solids
        Use the Solids: Bounding tool to create solids from enclosed surface volumes.
      - Create Spheres
        Use the Solids: Sphere tool to create spheres with solid or bounding surfaces.
      - Create Boxes
        Use the Solids: Box tool to create boxes with solid or bounding surfaces.
      - Create Cylinders
        Use the Solids: Cylinder tool to create cylinders with solid or bounding surfaces.
  - Solid Mesh
    Explore the tools used to create solid mesh.
  - Edit 3D Mesh
    Explore the tools used to edit 3D mesh.
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.

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Solids

Solids are closed volume of surfaces that can take any shape. Solids are three-dimensional entities that can be used in automatic tetra and solid meshing.

The surfaces defining a solid can belong to multiple component collectors. The display of a solid and its bounding surfaces are controlled only by the component collector to which the solid belongs.

Bounding Surface: A bounding surface defines the outer boundary of a single solid.; Bounding surfaces are shaded green by default.; A bounding surface is unique and is not shared with any other solid. A single solid volume is defined entirely by bounding surfaces.
Fin Surface: A fin surface has the same solid on all sides, that is, it acts as a fin inside of a single solid.; Fin surfaces are shaded red by default.; A fin surface can be created when manually merging solids or when creating solids with internal fin surfaces.
Full Partition Surface: A full partition surface defines a shared boundary between one or more solids.; Full partition surfaces are shaded yellow by default.; A full partition surface can be created when splitting a solid or when using Boolean operations to join multiple solids at shared or intersecting locations.

Figure 1.

When the create mode is set to FE geometry, the output is FE geometry with element tessellation.