Grouping of entities in Hypermesh

Altair Forum User
Altair Forum User
Altair Employee
edited October 2020 in Community Q&A

Have been away from Hypermesh for several years, and as I am returning, encountering one of the main frustrations I have with this pre-processor.

 

As far as I can tell, there is still no way to 'group' topological entities (elements, nodes lines, surfaces, etc.) in any way.  Sure you can create collectors and components, but that's not really addressing the issue.  What is needed is an an effective container to collect/store/manage a group of elements for example, or a group of elements, 'temp nodes', lines or whatever.  Then you could retrieve these groups of entities whenever you need them.  Otherwise one is forced to re-isolate the entities of interest, again and again.

 

It is surely possible, because other modelers allow you to do this.

 

Am I just missing this feature?

 

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  • Q.Nguyen-Dai
    Q.Nguyen-Dai Altair Community Member
    edited August 2020
    • For nodes, elements you have 'sets' or 'components'
    • For geometry entities (surface, line, solid,...) you have 'components'
    • Another thing, I write some scripts.

    For me, that's perfect because I have everything I need and I can do everything.

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