How can I retain my Assemblies from HyperMesh to HyperView?

Joseph Billman
Joseph Billman Altair Community Member
edited January 16 in Community Q&A

When I create assemblies in the Parts Browser of HyperMesh, they does not come through in HyperView; instead Hyperview shows an Assembly Heirarchy, Components, and Models- but none of these entities include the assemblies I created. This means that in HyperView, I need to highlight parts in the graphics window, rather than just selecting my assemblies from the model tree (very time-consuming).

I am accustomed to using the Assemblies Browser in HyperMesh- which carries through to HyperView results, but I understand that the recommended workflow for HW2023 involves using the Parts Browser instead of the Assemblies Browser, so that's what I did.

The workaround I have found is to create SET_ELEM's in Hyperview - the downside to this is that the sets do not automatically update if I make any changes to the model (and of course this adds another step to the overall process).

Is there a better way to get HyperMesh Assemblies to carry through to HyperView?

Thanks.

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  • Adriano_Koga
    Adriano_Koga
    Altair Employee
    edited January 15

    with assemblies, I know that if you load your model (.fem) and results (.h3d), using 'math templat' as 'advanced', you would visualize model information as well. (material, properties, ...)

    With parts, honestly I haven't tested yet, but it should work.

  • Joseph Billman
    Joseph Billman Altair Community Member
    edited January 15

    Thanks Adriano,

    When I do that I see Materials and Properties come in, but still no Assemblies. 

    I should also add- when I open the results file in either the Advanced or Standard Math Template the Parts Entity includes some of the Part Assemblies, but not all, and they are not structured correctly.

  • Jason_Craanen
    Jason_Craanen
    Altair Employee
    edited January 16
    Joseph Billman said:

    Thanks Adriano,

    When I do that I see Materials and Properties come in, but still no Assemblies. 

    I should also add- when I open the results file in either the Advanced or Standard Math Template the Parts Entity includes some of the Part Assemblies, but not all, and they are not structured correctly.

    It should be available in the Parts Browser (Double click on Parts from home browser)

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  • Joseph Billman
    Joseph Billman Altair Community Member
    edited January 16

    Thanks Jason,

    This is the answer I was looking for, however I must add that assemblies which had their visibility set to hidden in the HyperMesh session did not make it into the results. When I displayed the assemblies in HyperMesh and re-ran it, the Part assembly hierarchy came through correctly. Export settings were set to the default "Custom", not to "Displayed", so I did not expect visibility settings to have this effect.

    Do I need to have all Part Assemblies displayed in HyperMesh in order for them to carry through to the results?

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