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Collectors and Collected Entities

Collectors and Collected Entities

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Collectors and Collected Entities

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Collectors are named organizational containers for collected entities.  An example of a collector is the component collector which collects points, lines, surface, solids, elements, and connectors for model organization purposes.  Collectors also control the display state, on or off, of all their collected entities as a group.  The display state of collectors can be controlled using the Model browser.

Collected entities are nameless entities which must reside within one, and only one, collector.  Therefore, collected entities are mutually exclusive to a collector.  Examples of collected entities include points, lines, surfaces, solids, elements, and connectors, which are collected by a component collector.

 

HyperMesh Collectors and Collected Entities


Include Files

Assemblies

Nodes

Components

 Points

 Lines

 Surfaces

 Solids

 Elements

 Connectors

Load Collectors

 Loads

 Equations

Part Assemblies

 Parts

System Collectors

 Systems

Vector Collectors

 Vectors

Beamsection Collectors

 Beamsections

Multibodies

 Ellipsoids

 Multibody Planes

 Multibody Joints

Bags

 Generic

 Optimization Problem

 FBD Forces (All Loads)

 FBD Forces (Applied Loads)

 FBD Forces (Reaction Loads)

 FBD Displacements

 Resultant Force & Moment

 FBD Cross-section

 ADM Part

 ADM Material

 

The Current Collector


Since a collected entity must belong to one, and only one, collector, there must be a current collector for which newly created collected entities will automatically be organized into. The status bar shows the current collector for include files, components, and load collectors respectively. The current collector is also bold faced in the Model browser. To set the current collector, in the Model browser, right-click on the collector to make current and select Make Current from the context menu.

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Organizing Collected Entities into Collectors


Collected entities can be organized into collectors at any point using the Organize panel.  The Organize panel can be accessed using the organize icon on the Collectors toolbar.

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See Also:

Browsers

HyperMesh Entities & Solver Interfaces

Model Setup