How to find old Hypermesh functions in Hyperworks

Johannes Hofmann
Johannes Hofmann Altair Community Member
edited June 2023 in Community Q&A

Is there any Guide, which shows where to find the old Hypermesh functions in Hyperworks?

I would like to try the new look, however I cannot find simple things like the "quick edit" functions (e.g add/remove points), which is really frustrating. 

 

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  • Marine_Racollet
    Marine_Racollet
    Altair Employee
    edited June 2023

    Hello,

    You can use the Tool Finder : https://help.altair.com/hwdesktop/hwx/topics/panels/tool_finder_r.htm?zoom_highlight=tool+finder

    To add or remove points you need to go to Geometry > Split > Interactive:

    - Add point : left mouse button click

    - Remove point : Shift +left mouse button click

    Regards,

    Marine Racollet

  • Johannes Hofmann
    Johannes Hofmann Altair Community Member
    edited June 2023

    Hello Marine, 

    thanks a lot for your help!

     

    Topic: Add/Remove points

    I tried this function but I had the problem to delete the points already set.

    Just retried and found out these points are connected to isolated surfaces (which I normally delete).

    So isolating a surface does not isolate it?

    I thought it detaches the surfaces.

    So what is the difference to a "moving surface to other component" command than?

     

    Regards,

    Johannes

  • Marine_Racollet
    Marine_Racollet
    Altair Employee
    edited June 2023

    If you use the "I" to do Isolate or if you do a right click Isolate, it will only isolate the surface graphicaly but the surface will still ba attached to the rest of your model.

    "Moving surface to other component" will reorganize your surface to a new component but connection are still present.

    If you want to detach your surface from an other one for example, you can to an unstitch on the edge between the 2 surfaces.

     

    Regards,

    Marine

     

  • Johannes Hofmann
    Johannes Hofmann Altair Community Member
    edited June 2023

    I am not using the graphical isolation. 

    There is an extra tool in Utility-Browser -> Geom/Mesh -> Isolate Surfaces

  • Marine_Racollet
    Marine_Racollet
    Altair Employee
    edited June 2023

    Hello, in the 2022.3 you still have this option. To access to the Utility Browser you should go to View > Utility Tab.

  • Johannes Hofmann
    Johannes Hofmann Altair Community Member
    edited June 2023

    I don't know if I remember right, but this function did isolate and seperate the surfaces in older Hypermesh version.

    This function is not working anymore, so now it is useless. 

  • Marine_Racollet
    Marine_Racollet
    Altair Employee
    edited June 2023

    I just did a test with the classic interface 2020 and the new interface 2022.3 and I have the same behavior. So the tool works.
    Can you tell me your final goal with this option so I can check which option should help you?
    Regards,

    Marine

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