How to create a Force vs Displacement curve in HyperGraph

Gunter
Gunter
Altair Employee
edited April 15 in Altair HyperWorks

One frequent question on HyperGraph is how to create a Force vs Displacement curve.
By default, HyperGraph uses the time vector for the x-axis.

We can also use other results for the x-axis.
For example, displacements to plot a force versus displacement curve.

To do this:

Open a result file in HyperGraph, via Menu, Icon, or Drag and Drop

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Select a Force as Y source

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Select Displacement as X source

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Press plot to create the curve

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Link to Altair How-To YouTube channel:

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