In this Tips, Tricks, and Inquiries demo we explore the various tools in the Validate ribbon of HyperWorks 2021.2. This ribbon contains tools that can help identify potential problems in a model. It's a good idea to visit each of these tools before sending the model to your solver.

In this video we will :

• Identify potential solver errors with the Model Checker tool
• Identify and isolate elements with poor quality using the Element Quality panel
• Count entities using the Count panel
• Check for mesh interference using the Penetration tool
• Query the mass, center of gravity, and inertia of the model with the Mass tool
• Correct mesh edges and faces using the Free Edges and Faces panels, respectively
• Remove unnecessary entities using the Unused and Empty tools