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1. Audiovisual presentations on HyperWorks products

2. Beginners Exercise in FEM
3. HyperMesh - The Start Menu
4. HyperMesh - Getting Started
5. Radioss/Linear - Getting Started
6. HyperView - Getting Started
7. HyperGraph - Getting Started
8. MotionView - Getting Started
9. MotionView - Troubleshooting Errors
10. HyperMesh - Exporting node-sets to Ansys
11. HyperMesh - Introduction to "Scalar" Spring Elements
12. HyperForm - Tube Bending
13. HyperForm - Tube Hydroforming - Part 1
14. HyperForm - Tube Hydroforming - Part 2
15. Stress Analysis of a Thin Walled Pressure Vessel - Geometry Import
16. Stress Analysis of a Thin Walled Pressure Vessel - Editing Surfaces
17. Stress Analysis of a Thin Walled Pressure Vessel - Shell and Solid Meshing
18. Stress Analysis of a Thin Walled Pressure Vessel - Boundary Conditions and Solution
19. Stress Analysis of a Thin Walled Pressure Vessel - Stress Contours and Deformed Shape
20. HyperMesh / Radioss - Including Self-Weight in an Analysis
21. Hex Meshing with HyperMesh - Overview
22. Hex Meshing with HyperMesh - Basics
23. Hex Meshing with HyperMesh - Moderate
24. HyperMesh - Assigning Variable thicknesses to mid-surface shell elements

1. Audiovisual presentations on HyperWorks products

Overview
These movies outline the salient features of several HyperWorks modules - HyperMesh, HyperView, OptiStruct,
HyperStudy, MotionSolve, HyperGraph, HyperForm, HyperWeb, HyperView Player, and the HyperWorks Process
Manager. Save the zipped movies to your computer and view them using any AVI player.
Prerequisites
None
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2. Beginners Exercise in FEM Home — Most Popular — Feed back — Contact Information —
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Using a simple geometry - a plate with a hole - this exercise walks you through a typical linear-static Finite Element © Copyright 2008 Altair-India
Analysis cycle using HyperMesh, Radioss/Linear and HyperView.
Prerequisites
Requires Adobe's Flash Player (version 7 or later) and a Browser that supports Java
View the Video
Read the PDF

3. HyperMesh - The Start Menu

Overview
Shows how to start HyperMesh, and where "default files" are created.
Prerequisites
Requires Adobe's Flash Player (version 7 or later) and a Browser that supports Java
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4. HyperMesh - Getting Started

Overview
Illustrates cad-data import, visualization, geometry editing, mid-surfacing and shell-meshing.
Prerequisites
HyperMesh - The Start Menu
Requires Adobe's Flash Player (version 7 or later) and a Browser that supports Java
View the Video
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5. Radioss/Linear - Getting Started

Overview
Shows how to run the solver, and how to diagnose errors.
Prerequisites
HyperMesh - Getting Started
Requires Adobe's Flash Player (version 7 or later) and a Browser that supports Java
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Read the PDF

6. HyperView - Getting Started

Overview
Illustrates how to generate stress contours and deflected plots for Radioss/Linear analyses.
Prerequisites
Radioss/Linear - Getting Started
Requires Adobe's Flash Player (version 7 or later) and a Browser that supports Java
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7. HyperGraph - Getting Started

Overview
Illustrates how to generate and annotate plots.
Prerequisites
Requires Adobe's Flash Player (version 7 or later) and a Browser that supports Java
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8. MotionView - Getting Started

Overview
Illustrates how to model a mechanism for multi-body-dynamics analysis.
Prerequisites
Requires Adobe's Flash Player (version 7 or later) and a Browser that supports Java
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9. MotionView - Troubleshooting Errors
Overview
Illustrates how to find your way around with MotionVew / MotionSolve when things go wrong
Prerequisites
MotionView - Getting Started
Requires Adobe's Flash Player (version 7 or later) and a Browser that supports Java
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10. HyperMesh - Exporting node-sets to Ansys

Overview
Illustrates how to create a set of nodes and export the data-set to Ansys.
Prerequisites
HyperMesh - Getting Started
Requires Adobe's Flash Player (version 7 or later) and a Browser that supports Java
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Read the PDF

11. HyperMesh - Introduction to "Scalar" Spring Elements

Overview
Illustrates how to use 1-dimensional spring elements.
Prerequisites
HyperMesh - Getting Started
Requires Adobe's Flash Player (version 7 or later) and a Browser that supports Java
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12. HyperForm - Tube Bending

Overview
Outlines how to setup a model for simulation of tube bending.
Prerequisites
HyperMesh - Getting Started
Requires Adobe's Flash Player (version 7 or later) and a Browser that supports Java
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13. HyperForm - Tube Hydroforming - Part 1

Overview
Outlines how to setup a model for hydroforming simulation.
Prerequisites
HyperMesh - Getting Started
Requires Adobe's Flash Player (version 7 or later) and a Browser that supports Java
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14. HyperForm - Tube Hydroforming - Part 2

Overview
Outlines how to run Radioss, generate animations, FLD curves, thinning percentage contours, etc. for a
hydroforming simulation.
Prerequisites
HyperForm - Tube Hydroforming - Part 1
Requires Adobe's Flash Player (version 7 or later) and a Browser that supports Java
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15. Stress Analysis of a Thin Walled Pressure Vessel - Geometry Import

Overview
Spread over several parts, this tutorial outlines how to start with a CAD model of a thin-walled pressure vessel,
prepare the geometry for analysis, generate the mesh, apply loads and restraints, analyse it and review the results.
The tutorial shows how you can use either shell elements or hexahedral ("solid") elements, and points out the
advantages of shells for this kind of geometry, given the mechanics.
Prerequisites

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Requires Adobe's Flash Player (version 7 or later) and a Browser that supports Java
View the Video of Part 1 - Geometry Import
Read the PDF of Part 1 - Geometry Import

16. Stress Analysis of a Thin Walled Pressure Vessel - Editing Surfaces

Overview
Spread over several parts, this tutorial outlines how to start with a CAD model of a thin-walled pressure vessel,
prepare the geometry for analysis, generate the mesh, apply loads and restraints, analyse it and review the results.
The tutorial shows how you can use either shell elements or hexahedral ("solid") elements, and points out the
advantages of shells for this kind of geometry, given the mechanics.
Prerequisites
Requires Adobe's Flash Player (version 7 or later) and a Browser that supports Java
View the Video of Part 2 - Surface Editing
Read the PDF of Part 2 - Surface Editing

17. Stress Analysis of a Thin Walled Pressure Vessel - Shell and Solid Meshing
Overview
Spread over several parts, this tutorial outlines how to start with a CAD model of a thin-walled pressure vessel,
prepare the geometry for analysis, generate the mesh, apply loads and restraints, analyse it and review the results.
The tutorial shows how you can use either shell elements or hexahedral ("solid") elements, and points out the
advantages of shells for this kind of geometry, given the mechanics.
Prerequisites
Requires Adobe's Flash Player (version 7 or later) and a Browser that supports Java
View the Video of Part 3 - Shell and Solid Meshing
Read the PDF of Part 3 - Shell and Solid Meshing

18. Stress Analysis of a Thin Walled Pressure Vessel - Boundary Conditions and Solution
Overview
Spread over several parts, this tutorial outlines how to start with a CAD model of a thin-walled pressure vessel,
prepare the geometry for analysis, generate the mesh, apply loads and restraints, analyse it and review the results.
The tutorial shows how you can use either shell elements or hexahedral ("solid") elements, and points out the
advantages of shells for this kind of geometry, given the mechanics.
Prerequisites
Requires Adobe's Flash Player (version 7 or later) and a Browser that supports Java
View the Video of Part 4 - Boundary Conditions and Solution
Read the PDF of Part 4 - Boundary Conditions and Solution

19. Stress Analysis of a Thin Walled Pressure Vessel - Stress Contours and Deformed Shape
Overview
Spread over several parts, this tutorial outlines how to start with a CAD model of a thin-walled pressure vessel,
prepare the geometry for analysis, generate the mesh, apply loads and restraints, analyse it and review the results.
The tutorial shows how you can use either shell elements or hexahedral ("solid") elements, and points out the
advantages of shells for this kind of geometry, given the mechanics.
Prerequisites
Requires Adobe's Flash Player (version 7 or later) and a Browser that supports Java
View the Video of Part 5 - Stress Contours and Deformed Shape
Read the PDF of Part 5 - Stress Contours and Deformed Shape

20. HyperMesh / Radioss - Including Self-Weight in an Analysis

Overview
Illustrates how to apply gravitational forces on a structure.
Prerequisites
Beginners Exercise in FEM
Requires Adobe's Flash Player (version 7 or later) and a Browser that supports Java
View the Video
Read the PDF

21. Hex Meshing with HyperMesh - Overview

Overview
Outlines hex-mesh (also called brick-mesh or solid-mesh) generation using HyperMesh.
Prerequisites
HyperMesh - Getting Started

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Requires Adobe's Flash Player (version 7 or later) and a Browser that supports Java
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22. Hex Meshing with HyperMesh - Basics

Overview
Outlines the use of HyperMesh's drag, spin and line-drag commands to generate hex meshes.
Prerequisites
Hex Meshing with HyperMesh - Overview
Requires Adobe's Flash Player (version 7 or later) and a Browser that supports Java
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23. Hex Meshing with HyperMesh - Moderate

Overview
Outlines the use of HyperMesh's elem-offset command to generate hex meshes.
Prerequisites
Hex Meshing with HyperMesh - Overview
Requires Adobe's Flash Player (version 7 or later) and a Browser that supports Java
View the Video
Read the PDF

24. HyperMesh - Assigning Variable thicknesses to mid-surface shell elements

Overview
Outlines how to elegantly derive thicknesses for shell elements from the underlying geometry.
Prerequisites
HyperMesh - Getting Started
Requires Adobe's Flash Player (version 7 or later) and a Browser that supports Java
View the Video
Read the PDF

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