Model Checking with HyperMesh

Johan Gunnarsson
03.11.2015

HyperWorks Best Practice

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Outline
Mesh Quality Tools
Quality View
Quality Report
Quality Index

Comparison Tool
Model Checker Browser

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Mesh Quality Tools

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Mesh Quality Tools Quality View

Go to the Visualization toolbar and set visualization as By Element Quality
Investigate each element criteria and evaluate the overall quality of a 2D mesh

review the different 2D element criteria's

adjust the threshold values

select specific criteria's to investigate further

Fail values are used by default

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Mesh Quality Tools Quality Report

Mesh > Checks > Elements > Quality Report
The report consists of:

Single summary HTML page with brief description

Links to pages with detailed information on mesh quality of each model

Links to input file and criteria file

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Mesh Quality Tools Quality Index

Mesh > Checks > Elements > Quality Index
The Quality Index is a function of twelve criteria with user-defined weight factors. It

calculates a single value to represent the quality of the displayed 2D mesh.

Higher Quality Index indicates worse quality

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Mesh Quality Tools Quality Index

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Mesh Quality Tools Quality Index

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Mesh Quality Tools

Live Demo

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Comparison Tool

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Comparison Tool
Geometry > Check > Surfaces > Comparison
Mesh > Check > Elements > Comparison

A tool to perform a CAD-CAD, CAD-FE or FE-FE

comparison to identify geometrical differences
The Generate tab defines the options to be used to

generate the comparison results

Location:

Auto
Position
Recursive
Rotate
Same side
Symmetry
Translate

Note:
The locations available depend on the type
of comparison (CAD-CAD, CAD-FE or FE-FE)

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Comparison Tool
The Review tab controls the comparison review
mechanism options
Match types:

Unmatched

Intersected

Overlapped

Matched

How the match types are calculated depends on the

sort of comparison (CAD-CAD, CAD-FE or FE-FE)

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Comparison Tool
The Results tab displays area based qualitative results for comparison
The Sets tab is used to create entity sets from the generated comparison

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Comparison Tool
Live Demo

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Model Checker Browser

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Model Checker Browser

Tools > Model Checker > OptiStruct
(also supports RADIOSS, Nastran, LS-DYNA, Abaqus and
ANSYS User Profiles)

Identify, review and correct errors upfront

3 types of checks:
Error: The solver will not run if there are errors

Warning: The solver will still run with these warnings

Info: General model info

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Model Checker Browser

Act on the failed checks by applying Auto Correction or Manual Correction

Modular architecture enabling configurable templates and addition of custom checks

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Model Checker Browser

Live Demo

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Summary
Mesh Quality Tools
Quality View
Quality Report
Quality Index

Comparison Tool
Model Checker Browser

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HyperWorks BestPractice Webinare

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