Creating and Editing Line Data - HM-2040 In this tutorial, you will learn how to: © Create a circle, arc, ine, and tangent lines. * Duplicate and transiate lines «Edit lines by splitting and displaying their IDs ‘= Delete redundant arcs and lines ‘+ Duplicate and reflect an arc © Create a surface square and two parallel lines on an X-Y plane © Create fillet between two lines ‘Sometimes CAE users need to create models from sketches where there is no pre-existing geometry. The tools in this tutorial will help you accomplish that task, Exercise: Creating and Editing Line Data ‘This exercise teaches you how to create lines and surfaces. Step 1: Create a component collector to geometry. 1. Access the components sub-panel in one of the following ways: «From the totbar, clk components (/@a), + From the Menu Bar, select Colfectors, then Create and click Components. 2. For comp name = type geonet ry. Use the switch ( ) to toggle from card image = to no card image. Click color and chose yellow. Click create. on ae Click return, Step 2: Create nodes. 1. On the standard toolbar, click Isometric View, (*Y). 2. Access the createnodes panel in one of the following ways: ‘+ From the Menu Bar, select Geometry, then Create, and then click Nodes. 78 — HyperMesh 10.0 Tutorials Altair Engineering Proprietary Information of Altair Engineering«From the main menu, access the Geom page and click nodes 3. Go to the type in sub-panel. 4. Create five nodes by entering the X, Y, and Z coordinates from the following table and click create node 5 5. Click return. 6. Press fo fit the model to the model to the screen. Step 3: 1. Pick the Too! page and click numbers to access the Numbers panel. isplay the node IDs. ‘Change the entity type to nodes. Select nodes and on the extended entity selection menu select all Click on to display all the node IDs. Click return, Step 4: Create a circle. ‘Access the circles panel in one of the following ways: + From the Menu Bar, select Geometry, then Create, then Circles ‘+ From the main menu, select the Geom page, and select circles 2. Go to the center & radius sub-panel 3. With the active selector set to node list, pick node 2 from the graphics area. This will be the location of the circle's center. 4, Switch (*) the orientation vector to the X-axis. 5. With the ectve selector set to bese point (MEM, pick node 2 rom the graphics area. In this case, the base point defines the position of the plane on which the circle is going to be created. Altair Engineering HyperMesh 10.0 Tutorials 79 Proprietary Information of Altair EngineeringFor radius=, specify 5. Click create. Remain in the Circles: Center and Radius sub-panel, Step 5: Create an arc. 1. Toggle from circle to arc. 2. With the active selector set to mode list, pick node 2 from the graphics area, This willbe the center ofthe are Verify that the orientation vector is set to X-axis. Pick the node with ID number 2 again as the base for the axis of rotation. For angle = specity 180. For radius = specify 2... Click ereate to create an arc. © PN Oras Click return to exit the circles panel. 2 410, From the standard toolbar, liek Rear ( Li) 80 HyperMesh 10.0 Tutorials Altair Engineering Proprietary Information of Altair EngineeringStep 6: Create a line. 1 oh oN ‘Access the fines panel in one of the following ways: ‘+ From the Menu Bar, select Geometry, then Create, then Lines «From the main menu, select the Geom page, then select fines Go to the from nodes sub-panel. Pick the nodes with ID number 4 and node 5 in node list. Click create to create a line between nodes 4 and 5. Click return, Step 7: Duplicate and translate lines. 1 ‘Access the transiate panel in one of the following ways: ‘+ From the Menu Bar, select Geometry, then Transiato, then Lines «From the main menu, select the Too! page, then select translate 2. Change the entity type to lines. 3. Pick the line that was created between nodes 4 and 5. 4. Select fines, then duplicate, then current comp from the extended menu to copy the new line into the current component (Geometry). 5. Click the plane and vector collector switch and select y-axis. 6. Click magnitude = and enter 10.0 7. Click transtate-. 8. Click return. Altair Engineering HyperMesh 10.0 Tutorials 81 Proprietary Information of Altair EngineeringStep 8: Edit lines by splitting at a line. 1 Step 9: Display the 1 82 ‘Access the fine edit panel in one of the following ways: * From the Menu Bar, select Geometry, then Eait, then Lines + From the main menu, select the Geom page, and then select line edit Go to the spit at line sub-panel. With the lines selector active, pick the circle. Click cut line and pick the ine between node 4 and node 6. Click split. The circle has one quarter spit off from the rest. Repeat this procedure, picking the remaining 3/4 arc of the circle and the other line that was just transiated, Click return, ie IDs. Go to the numbers panel. Change the entity type to fines. Click fines, then all from entity selection menu, Click on to display all the line IDs. HyperMesh 10.0 Tutorials Altair Engineering Proprietary Information of Altair Engineering5. Click return. Step 10; Delete a redundant arc. 1 ‘Access the delete panel in one of the following ways: ‘+ From the Collectors toolbar, click Delete ( %) ‘+ From the main menu, select the Too! page, then select delete Change the entiy type to Hines Select the lower semi-circle (line IDs § and 10) from the graphies area Click detete entity to delete the redundant arc Click return, Step 11: Duplicate and reflect an arc. 1 Access the reflect panel in one of the following ways: + From the Menu Bar, select Geometry, then Reflect, then Lines + From the main menu, select the Too! page then select reflect Change the entity type to lines. Choose the are (line ID 2) from the graphics area. Click the plane and vector collector switch and select z-axis. Pick node 2 as the base node. Select fines, then duplicate, then original comp from the extended entity selection menu to copy the new line into the current component (Geometry). Click reflect to create the lower arc. Click return, Altair Engineering HyperMesh 10.0 Tutorials 83 Proprietary Information of Altair EngineeringStep 12: Create two tangent lines. 1 84 Go to the Lines panel, at tangents sub-panel. Select the node with ID number 3, Click the fine selector to make it active. Select the semi-circular line with ID number 8. Note: Line ID may be different, depending on whether you needed to perform the split/delete/duplicate tasks more than once. HyperMesh 10.0 Tutorials Proprietary Information of Altair Engineering Altair Engineering5. Click find tangent. ‘There are two tangent lines on the screen. Pick one of the tangents. Repeat steps 4-5. Select the other tangent. 2S ene Click return to exit the tangent panel. Step 13: Redisplay the line IDs. 1. Go to the Numbers panel Change the entily type to fines. Click tines, then alt from the extended entity selection menu. Click on to display all the line IDs. es wen Click return to exit the numbers panel. Step 14: Split curves by tangent line and delete redundant line. 4. Go to the Line Edit panel and enter split at line sub-panel 2. Pick semi-circular line 8 for lines and tangent line 12 for cut fine. Note: Line ID may be different. 3. Click split to split line 8 with line 12. 4, Repeat steps 3-5 in order to cut curved line 8 with tangent line 13 in fine edit panel. 5. Press the F2 key to jump into delete panel from line edit panel, 6. Select the curved lines between tangent lines 12 and 13. 7. Click delete entity to detete the curves. 8, Click return twice to go back to main menu. HyperMesh 10.0 Tutorials 85 Proprietary Information of Altair EngineeringStep 15: Create a component collector for surfaces. A ea een Enter the components panel. Click name = and enter surfaces. Click the switch under creation method and select no card image. Click ¢olor and select purple. Click create. Click return to exit the components panel. HyperMesh 10.0 Tutorials Proprietary Information of Altair Engineering Altair EngineeringStep 1 1. Access the Planes panel: : Create a surface square on an X-Y plane. ‘+ From the main menu, select the 2D page, then seiect planes Go to the square sub-panel. Set the orientation vector to z-axis. For base node, choose the node with ID number 1 to be the base reference node. Switch from mesh, keep surf to surfaceonly. For size = enter 30. Click create to create a square surface. SPNOUREDN Click return to exit the planes panel. Step 17: Create a line that connects two parallel lines on an X-Y plane. 1, Access the Lines panel. 2. Go to the atintersection sub-panel. 3. Select z-axis (located at the bottom-center of the panel, shared between the controls for elements with plane and lines with plane) to represent the intersection plane. ‘The reason for choosing the z-axis is that you want to create the line on the X-Y piane, 4, For base, choose the node with ID number 1 to be the base node. 5. Use the lines with plane column. 6. For line list, choose the two straight lines that are perpendicular to the X-Y plane, A bold tine displayed on the screen represents the result. 7. Click intersect to create the line. 8. Click return to exit the panel. Step 18: Switch the current working component surfaces to geometry. 1. Inthe Model browser right-click the geometry component and click Make Current. From this point onwards any element or geometry created will be placed in the geometry component collector. Step 19: Extend a line to a surface edge. Altair Engineering HyperMesh 10.0 Tutorials 87 Proprietary Information of Aitair Engineering4. Onthe standard views toolbar, click User Views ( 9%, Glick Isof, Go to the Line Edit panel. Go to the extend line sub-panel. Toggle from distance = to to: ‘Change the entity type from node to line. Noonan Activate the top Hine selector and pick the line created in step 17-the line that passes through node 2s the line to be extended. ‘A red V marks the beginning of the line to be extended. 9. Activate the lower line selector and--with the view still in iso71~select the lower-right edge of the purple plane. 11. Click extend +. You can see the line is extended to reach one surface edge. 12. Click return to exit the Line Edit panel. The result should resemble the following image. 88 © HyperMesh 10.0 Tutorials Altair Engineering Proprietary Information of Altair EngineeringStep 20: Create a fillet between two lines. 1. Access the line panel in one of the following ways: ‘* From the Menu Bar, select Geometry, then Create, then Lines. ‘* From the main menu, select the Geom page, then select lines. 2. Goto the fillets sub-panel. You will use the create option 3. Check trim original lines. Altair Engineering HyperMesh 10.0 Tutorials 89 Proprietary Information of Altair Engineering4, For radius, enter 5. 5, For fstline, pick the vertical line through which the line extended in step 19 passes. 6. For 2nd line, pick the extended line from step 19, “Please select fillet quadrant” displays in the status bar. HyperMesh is asking you to select a reference location for the fillet. 7. Pick the upper-right X for the fillet quadrant, as shown in the image. HyperMesh immediately creates a fillet on the screen, 8. Click return to exit the Lines panel. 90 — HyperMesh 10.0 Tutorials Altair Engineering Proprietary Information of Altair EngineeringStep 21: Trim a line by plane and delete a redundant line segment. 1, Goto the Line Ealt panel Go to the spilt at plane sub-panel With the fines selector active, select the vertical line that does not have a fille. Set the orientation vector to z-axis. Choose node 1 as the base node, Click split to split ine 4 by the X-Y plane. Altair Engineering HyperMesh 10.0 Tutorials 91 Proprietary Information of Altair Engineering7. Press the F2 key to access the delete panel, 8. Switch the entity type to fines. 8. Choose the small ine segment under the X-Y plane, and click defete entity to remove the line segment, 10. Click return twice to retum to the main menu. Step 22: Remove all temp nodes. 14. Access the temp nodes panel in one of the following ways: * From the Menu Bar, select Mesh, then Delete, then Nodes * From the main menu, select the Geom page, then select temp nodes: 2. Click clear all to remove all temp nodes. 3. Click return to return to the main menu. Step 23: Change the rendering mode. 1. On the visualization toobar, click Shaded Geometry #2) The plane (purple) becomes shaded instead of wire frame. 92 HyperMesh 10.0 Tutorials Altair Engineering Proprietary Information of Altair EngineeringStep 24: Export all geometry as an IGES file. 41. On the Files menu point to Export and click IGES Geometry. 2. Click Export geometry, FW , on the Export tab 3. Click File type: tee. 4, Inputa File name 5. Click Exportto save your fie. The IGES file you have generate can be shared with other CAD packages such as UG, Catia, and ProE. Altair Engineering HyperMesh 10.0 Tutorials 93, Propristary Information of Altair Engineering