Create Methods
Create designpointmethod entities in HyperMesh using a template definition. In such templates, method prototypes are defined as a reference to functions where input arguments are mapped to attributes in the database.
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Structural properties are meant to be placeholders that hold local information, that can change from one structural element to another, useful for method evaluation. They usually contain extra information not directly available from FE entities or results.
Beam structural elements can be meshed with 1D elements or shell elements.
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Use the Generic tool to collect elements and free body sections in designpoints.
Besides the creation of structural elements, you can reorganize existing entities in new designpointsets, the aim being to collect structural elements on which the same set of methods will run (for a given set of loadcases).
Each designpointset can have a different set of methods (designpointmethod entities) assigned to it.
Create designpointmethod entities in HyperMesh using a template definition. In such templates, method prototypes are defined as a reference to functions where input arguments are mapped to attributes in the database.
To run methods on designpointset entities, the methods must first be assigned. Creating methods simply adds new designpointmethod entities to the database, but no reference is added to any designpointset.
Register new methods and save/import existing libraries. The following chapter, Method Manager, shows these steps in more detail.
Use the Method Manager dialog to create new methods and populate libraries or import existing libraries from .xml files, as explained in previous chapters.
By default, HyperMesh comes with a set of methods. These methods are always available even if you register your own custom methods.
Designpointmethod entities can be evaluated, looping across loadcases, either directly on a selection of elements (if valid) or collected in designpointsets.
Contour a single designpointset or designpointmethod. Method inputs and outputs are available to contour with aggregations.
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Each designpointset can have a different set of methods (designpointmethod entities) assigned to it.
Create designpointmethod entities in HyperMesh using a template definition. In such templates, method prototypes are defined as a reference to functions where input arguments are mapped to attributes in the database.
Create designpointmethod entities in HyperMesh using a template definition. In such templates, method prototypes are defined as a reference to functions where input arguments are mapped to attributes in the database.
A default library is populated from the installation files.
You can author new libraries and register methods or import an existing library from files (see Author Custom Methods). Methods listed in the above libraries are registered templates (method definitions) but not yet HyperMesh entities. In order to generate actual entities in the database from these templates, you need to:
You can filter the list of methods available using the config icons at the top of the dialog. These filter based on the method category. Further filtering can be applied using the search bar which filters based on name.
There are also quick selection options in the context menu. If a menu is invoked from a library folder, the scope of the selection is inside this library only; otherwise, it operates on all methods.
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