File Type
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Description
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Session Files
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A session file is a text file that contains a structured list of statements. The statements include instructions for page layout and window content, such as graphic and plot information. A session file is generated whenever you save a work session. Session files can also be created outside of the program using any text editor or generated from other applications.
Use the File menu to open a session file.
Session files have the MVW default extension.
Session files can be opened in HyperView, MotionView, HyperGraph, HyperGraph 3D, TextView, and MediaView.
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Model Files
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HyperMesh uses its own proprietary format for HyperMesh database files (.hm), which include geometry, meshing, connectors, loads and forces, materials, and everything else that is necessary to pre-process a model prior to sending it to a solver.
In addition, HyperMesh can import and export connectors, finite element models, geometry, and multiple HyperMesh models, and can also export HyperView 3D (H3D) files.
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MotionView
MBD Model Files
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MBD model files are files written using the Model Definition Language (MDL).
Model files can only be opened in MotionView,  , using the  Open Model icon on the Standard Toolbar.
Model files have the MDL extension.
| Note: | See the MDL Reference for more information on Model Definition Language. |
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HyperView
Animation Files
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Animation files are used to view and animate simulation results.
Animation files can only be opened in HyperView,  , using the Load Model panel.
Supported animation files include:
| • | LS-DYNA d3plot and LLNL-DYNA d3plot |
| • | Altair H3D, written by the SIMPACK solver. |
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HyperGraph
Plot Files
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2-D plot files are any of the data file formats recognized by HyperGraph and any data file format for which a custom import template has been written.
2-D plot files can only be opened in HyperGraph,  , using the file folder button on the Build Plots and Define Curves panels.
Supported 2-D plot files include:
| • | ADAMS REQ and matrix files |
| • | Abaqus mass from DAT files |
| • | Altair HyperForm DAT files |
| • | Altair HyperMesh RES files |
| • | RADIOSS T01 time history files |
| • | Altair MotionSolve files |
| • | Altair MotionView shock output files |
| • | Mass, volume, and frequencies from out files |
| • | LS-DYNA general time history files |
| • | LS-DYNA time history files: |
| • | MADYMO time history files |
| - | Mass and frequencies from f06 files |
| - | Complex results from SOL 108 and 111 punch files |
| • | PAMCRASH time history files |
Test
General
| • | User-defined import templates and external readers to directly read any file format |
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HyperGraph 3D
Plot Files
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HyperGraph 3D uses the same file types as HyperGraph.
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TextView
Text Files
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Text files are any files containing only ASCII text.
Text files can only be opened in TextView,  , using the Open File panel.
While text files can have any extension, they must be ASCII text files.
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MediaView
Media Files
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Media files are used to view and animate media files. They can only be opened in MediaView,  , using the Open File panel on the toolbar.
Examples of supported media files include:
Movie Files
| • | Altair Movie File (AMF), created using the AMF Builder. This is a modified AVI file with timing information embedded in the file. |
| • | Windows AVI File (AVI) - PC only. One frame equals one second by default. |
Image Files
| • | Tagged Image File Format (TIF, TIFF) |
| • | Truevision Targa File (TGA) |
| • | Windows Bitmap File (BMP) |
| Note: | Time synchronization applies to Altair movie files only. |
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. The accepted file types include: