Export nodes and connectivity from hyperworks to excel

Manjunath Pagadala
Manjunath Pagadala Altair Community Member
edited April 2022 in Community Q&A

Hi,

I have a cad file that needs to be meshed. I imported it into HyperWorks meshed it but am now not able to export it. I want to get the nodes and connectivity of the mesh like the Abaqus .inp file but in excel. 

TIA

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  • Hypermesh User
    Hypermesh User Altair Community Member
    edited April 2021 Answer ✓

    Hi,

    Hope you are looking for this...

     

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  • QuyNguyenDai
    QuyNguyenDai Altair Community Member
    edited February 2021

    From point of view of Finite Elements, node does not have "connectivity", but the element has it.

  • Richard Heslouin_22010
    Richard Heslouin_22010
    Altair Employee
    edited February 2021

    Hello,

    Can you explain how do you imagine to export the info (nodes and elements) in Excel ?

    Why do you want this info in Excel ? Is it to adress an in-house tool ?

    Thanks in advance for your feedback,

    Richard

  • Manjunath Pagadala
    Manjunath Pagadala Altair Community Member
    edited February 2021
    Richard Heslouin_22010 said:

    Hello,

    Can you explain how do you imagine to export the info (nodes and elements) in Excel ?

    Why do you want this info in Excel ? Is it to adress an in-house tool ?

    Thanks in advance for your feedback,

    Richard

    Hi @Richard Heslouin,

    I want it in excel as I felt that it is easier to export it into Tensor flow and use it in a code I am testing. I don't know if there are any other ways to do it.

    Regards

    Manjunath

  • Manjunath Pagadala
    Manjunath Pagadala Altair Community Member
    edited February 2021
    Q.Nguyen-Dai said:

    From point of view of Finite Elements, node does not have "connectivity", but the element has it.

    Sorry for not framing the question properly. What I meant is the element connectivity.

  • Richard Heslouin_22010
    Richard Heslouin_22010
    Altair Employee
    edited February 2021

    Hi @Manjunath Pagadala ,

    Thanks for your answer. Do you have an input example to read into Tensor flow ?

    I asked you that to give you the best answer.

    Matrix Browser could be one of the answer.

    You mentionned you want the element connectivity but I imagine you need also the nodes coordinates, no ?

    Thanks for your feedback,

    Richard

  • Manjunath Pagadala
    Manjunath Pagadala Altair Community Member
    edited February 2021
    Richard Heslouin_22010 said:

    Hi @Manjunath Pagadala ,

    Thanks for your answer. Do you have an input example to read into Tensor flow ?

    I asked you that to give you the best answer.

    Matrix Browser could be one of the answer.

    You mentionned you want the element connectivity but I imagine you need also the nodes coordinates, no ?

    Thanks for your feedback,

    Richard

    @Richard Heslouin 

    Yes, I need the coordinates too. 

    I am attaching an example excel file that I got from Abaqus. I need something similar to this.

    Thanks

    Manjunath

  • Hypermesh User
    Hypermesh User Altair Community Member
    edited April 2021 Answer ✓

    Hi,

    Hope you are looking for this...

     

    imageimageimage

     

  • David Neihguk
    David Neihguk Altair Community Member
    edited April 2022

    Hi,

    This works only for the nodal coordinates. Is there a way to export the element connectivity matrix as well?

    Thanks,

    DN

  • Hypermesh User
    Hypermesh User Altair Community Member
    edited April 2022
    David Neihguk said:

    Hi,

    This works only for the nodal coordinates. Is there a way to export the element connectivity matrix as well?

    Thanks,

    DN

    Hi DN,

     

            This works for an element details as well, see the image

     

    image

    Hope you are looking for this...!

     

    Regards,

     

    Manoj M

     

  • David Neihguk
    David Neihguk Altair Community Member
    edited April 2022
    Hypermesh User said:

    Hi DN,

     

            This works for an element details as well, see the image

     

    image

    Hope you are looking for this...!

     

    Regards,

     

    Manoj M

     

    Hi Manoj,

     

    Ya, its working now. Thanks for the reply. Is there a way to apply and export the "element side set" as well as "node set" for the boundary conditions?

    Thanks,

    DN

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