Altair HyperView 2023.1 Release Notes

General

Highlights

  • Python API Support (Phase 1)
  • Command Recording Performance Mode
  • Miscellaneous Enhancements and Workflow Improvements.
  • Read more EDEM Particle Types.
  • Read Coordinate Systems, from ABAQUS ODB Files.
  • Read MSC NASTRAN and NX NASTRAN CPYRAM Elements.
  • Read more MSC NASTRAN NVH Results.
  • Enhanced MSC NASTRAN SOL 400 Support.
  • Enhanced MSC NASTRAN SOL 146 (Gust Response) Support.
  • Enhanced Altair OptiStruct and MSC NASTRAN Random Response Support.

New Features

  • Python API has been added to the HyperView and HyperGraph client. The focus in this first release has been on the framework classes (Session, Page, Window, and so on), standard HyperView plotting (Scalar, Vector, Tensor), and HyperGraph Line Chart (XY Plots). Exporting images, H3D models, and curves in different formats is also supported. More information can be found in the Python API Reference Guide section of the API, Reference Guide.


    Figure 1.

Enhancements

  • From the section cut context menu, select the Align View option to orient the view normal to the section cut. This option is supported via HWC command also and is available only for planar section cuts.
  • Keyboard shortcut B and Shift+B is added to set previous view and reverse view respectively.
  • An Apply button is added to the Notes Text editor dialog. This will allow you to view changes without closing the dialog.
  • Circle Zoom and Vertical Zoom options are available under Default Mouse Controls.
  • A preference option and APIs are added to turn on/off the smooth transition between standard views.
  • Plot measures option is added to Measures Entity Editor. This option was previously available under the Measure List dialog.
  • Synchronize Result Step tool dialog is made non-modal. This will make the entire graphical user interface accessible to do operations such as controlling the display of entities through the browser without needing to close the tool first.
  • Command Recording

    HWC (HyperWorks Command language) coverage, which allows you to record and playback workflows in HyperView, has been improved with a performance mode.

    All performance demanding tasks like graphic and browser updates can be easily turned off/on with a single line. If a custom script with HWC for example triggers many graphic and browser updates, using this feature will ensure that the running time from minutes becomes seconds! In addition, you can exclude some of these tasks for example to keep the logging to file this can be easily done by changing the default settings.


    Figure 2.

Resolved Issues

  • Application error after deleting scalar definitions in HV-MultiCore profile.
  • Hidden components shown after saving and re-opening session file.
  • *NoteDescription preference statement not working as expected.
  • Contour plot incorrectly restored from session file if some elements are masked and contour is applied using displayed option.
  • Trace lines created at wrong location when loading certain Abaqus input decks as model file.
  • Incorrect system transformation for Penta element results in OptiStruct result files.
  • Application hangs when changing color via Edit legend dialog.
  • Application crashes when GetWindowIndex API is executed after clearing session.
Command Recording and Automation
  • Make core HWC functionalities like image capture available in HyperMesh and HyperGraph without making HyperView active.

Solver Interfaces

Abaqus Interface

New Features

Coordinate Systems
Read Coordinate Systems, from ODB Files.

Resolved Issues

  • Read elemental Results when POSITION is set as AVERAGED AT NODES.

EDEM

New Features

Read more Particle Types
Read Multi-Sphere and Polyhedral Particles.
New Result Types
Support Position Result Type, for Multi-Sphere and Polyhedral Particles.

Known Issues

The following known issues will be addressed in a future release as we continuously improve the software:
  • Read Sphero-Cylindrical Particles.

LS-DYNA Interface

Resolved Issues

  • Fixed an Animation Bug that appeared for some D3PLOT.FZ Files.

Nastran Interface

New Features

Read new Element Type
Read MSC NASTRAN and NX NASTRAN CPYRAM Elements.
SOL 400
Support SUBCASE, STEP and SUBSTEP Organization, for OP2 and HDF5 Formats.
SOL 146 (Gust Response)
Split Random Gust Response’s PSD, RMS Cumulative RMS (CRMS), Positive Zero Crossing (N0) and Auto-Correlation Function in different Load Cases.
Random Response
Split PSD, RMS Cumulative RMS (CRMS), Positive Zero Crossing (N0) and Auto-Correlation Function in different Load Cases.
Read more NVH Results
Read Sound Pressure, RMS Sound Pressure, Sound Pressure in dB and Sound Pressure in dBa, from OP2 and HDF5 Files.

Read Equivalent Radiated Power (ERP), from OP2 and HDF5 Files.

Read Vibration Intensity (VINTENSITY), from OP2 and HDF5 Files.

Enhancements

SOL 146 (Gust Response)
Read Random Gust Response’s Positive Zero Crossing (N0) and Auto-Correlation Function (AUTO), for OP2 and HDF5 Formats.
Random Response
Read Positive Zero Crossing (N0) and Auto-Correlation Function (AUTO), for OP2 and HDF5 Formats.
GPSTRESS and GPSTRAIN
Read GPSTRESS and GPSTRAIN Results for 2D Elements, from OP2 and HDF5 Files.

Known Issues

The following known issues will be addressed in a future release as we continuously improve the software:
  • Rad Heat Transfer results, for HDF5 Files.

Resolved Issues

  • Correct Elemental Results’ Transformation for OptiStruct’s, MSC NASTRAN’s and NX NASTRAN’s CPENTA Element.
  • Read PSD and RMS Results for Velocity and Acceleration Results.
  • Read RMS Results for Beam Elements.
  • Read Stress Results when < PARAM, OMID, YES > is used.
  • Read correct Composite Material Results, for Frequency Response, from OP2 Files.

Extensions

New Features

Default Icon Update
The default icon in the Extension Manager is now application specific and can be changed using the "icon" entry: <entry name="icon" value="icon.png-file"/>.


Figure 3.

Enhancements

  • Better representation of minimum product version and required version in the Extension Manager.
  • Including empty profiles to ensure the loading is indicated in the related clients no longer needs an entry inside of the profile.
  • The Extension Manager has moved to File > Extensions.
  • The status bar messages when loading an extension have been improved.

Resolved Issues

  • The application no longer crashes when switching clients if the extension .xml files contain spaces.