Editing Geometry

There are many different ways to edit existing geometry in HyperMesh. The methods used to edit a particular geometry depend on both the entities available for input and the level of detail required. The following methods are available for editing geometry in HyperMesh:

•	clear - Deletes temp nodes (Temp Nodes panel).

•	associate - Associates nodes to fixed points, surface edges and surfaces by moving them onto those entities (Node Edit panel).

•	move - Moves nodes along surfaces (Node Edit panel).

•	place - Places nodes on a surface at a specified location (Node Edit panel).

•	remap - Moves nodes by mapping them from one line or surface edge to another (Node Edit panel).

•	align - Aligns/projects nodes to an imaginary line (Node Edit panel).

•	find - Create temp nodes by finding FE nodes associated with other FE entities (Find panel).

•	translate - Moves nodes along a vector direction (Translate panel).

•	rotate - Rotates nodes about a vector axis (Rotate panel).

•	scale - Scales the dimensions of nodes either proportionally or uniformly (Scale panel).

•	reflect - Reflects nodes about a plane to create a mirror image (Reflect panel).

•	project - Projects nodes onto a plane, vector, line/surface edge or surface (Project panel).

•	position - Translates and rotate nodes into new positions (Position panel).

•	permute - Switches the coordinates of nodes (Permute panel).

•	renumber - Renumbers nodes (Renumber panel).

•	Misc. API commands that do not have an associated panel.

•	delete - Deletes free points (Delete panel).

•	translate - Moves free points along a vector direction (Translate panel).

•	rotate - Rotates free points about a vector axis (Rotate panel).

•	scale - Scales the dimensions of free points either proportionally or uniformly (Scale panel).

•	reflect - Reflects free points about a plane to create a mirror image (Reflect panel).

•	project - Projects free points onto a plane, vector, line/surface edge or surface (Project panel).

•	position - Translates and rotate free points into new positions (Position panel).

•	permute - Switches the coordinates of free points (Permute panel).

•	renumber - Renumbers free points (Renumber panel).

•	Misc. API commands that do not have an associated panel.

•	suppress/remove - Suppresses non-vertex fixed points (Point Edit panel, Quick Edit panel).

•	replace - Combines multiple fixed points by moving them to one fixed point location (Point Edit panel, Quick Edit panel).

•	release - Releases fixed point vertices such that any shared edges attached to the point become free edges (Point Edit panel, Quick Edit panel).

•	renumber - Renumbers fixed points (Renumber panel).

•	Misc. API commands that do not have an associated panel.

•	delete - Deletes lines (Delete panel, Lines panel).

•	combine - Combines two lines into one (Line Edit panel).

•	split at point - Splits lines at graphically selected locations (Line Edit panel).

•	split at joint - Splits lines at segment end points (Line Edit panel).

•	split at line - Splits lines by using a cut line (Line Edit panel).

•	split at plane - Splits lines at plane intersection locations (Line Edit panel).

•	smooth - Smooths segmented lines (Line Edit panel).

•	extend - Extends lines by either a specified distance, or to meet an existing node, point, line/surface edge or surface (Line Edit panel).

•	translate - Moves lines along a vector direction (Translate panel).

•	rotate - Rotates lines about a vector axis (Rotate panel).

•	scale - Scales the dimensions of lines either proportionally or uniformly (Scale panel).

•	reflect - Reflects lines about a plane to create a mirror image (Reflect panel).

•	project - Projects lines onto a plane, vector or surface (Project panel).

•	position - Translates and rotate lines into new positions (Position panel).

•	permute - Switches the coordinates of lines (Permute panel).

•	renumber - Renumbers lines (Renumber panel).

•	Misc. API commands that do not have an associated panel.

•	Additional capabilities are available in solidThinking and solidThinking Inspire.

•	delete - Deletes surfaces (Delete panel, Quick Edit panel).

•	trim - Trims surfaces using nodes, lines, surfaces and planes (Surface Edit panel, Quick Edit panel).

•	untrim/unsplit - Removes various trim/split lines from surfaces (Surface Edit panel, Edge Edit panel, Quick Edit panel).

•	offset - Offsets surfaces along their normal directions while maintaining topological connectivity (Surface Edit panel).

•	extend - Extends the edges of surfaces to meet or intersect other surfaces (Surface Edit panel, Midsurface panel).

•	shrink - Shrinks surfaces by drawing in all surfaces edges (Surface Edit panel).

•	defeature - Removes pinholes, surface fillets, edge fillets and duplicate surfaces (Defeature panel, Edge Edit panel).

•	midsurfaces - Modifies and edits extracted midsurfaces (Midsurface panel).

•	surface edges - Toggles, suppresses, unsuppresses and equivalences surface edges (Edge Edit panel, Quick Edit panel).

•	washer - Trims surfaces using free edge closed loop or shared edge offsets (Quick Edit panel).

•	autocleanup - Performs basic automatic geometry cleanup functions in preparation for meshing (Autocleanup panel).

•	dimensioning - Modifies dimensions of or between surfaces (Dimensioning panel).

•	morphing - Morphs surfaces that have had associated nodes morphed away from them (Morph panel).

•	translate - Moves surfaces along a vector direction (Translate panel).

•	rotate - Rotates surfaces about a vector axis (Rotate panel).

•	scale - Scales the dimensions of surfaces either proportionally or uniformly (Scale panel).

•	reflect - Reflects surfaces about a plane to create a mirror image (Reflect panel).

•	position - Translates and rotate surfaces into new positions (Position panel).

•	permute - Switches the coordinates of surfaces (Permute panel).

•	renumber - Renumbers surface edges and surfaces (Renumber panel).

•	Misc. API commands that do not have an associated panel.

•	Additional capabilities are available in solidThinking and solidThinking Inspire.

•	delete - Deletes solids (Delete panel).

•	trim - Trims solids using nodes, lines, surfaces and planes (Solid Edit panel).

•	merge - Combines two or more solids into a single solid (Solid Edit panel).

•	detach - Detaches solids that have shared fin faces from each other (Solid Edit panel).

•	boolean - Performs complex merge and split functions on solids (Solid Edit panel).

•	dimensioning - Modifies dimensions of or between surfaces (Dimensioning panel).

•	translate - Moves solids along a vector direction (Translate panel).

•	rotate - Rotates solids about a vector axis (Rotate panel).

•	scale - Scales the dimensions of solids either proportionally or uniformly (Scale panel).

•	reflect - Reflects solids about a plane to create a mirror image (Reflect panel).

•	position - Translates and rotate solids into new positions (Position panel).

•	permute - Switches the coordinates of solids (Permute panel).

•	renumber - Renumbers solids (Renumber panel).

•	Misc. API commands that do not have an associated panel.

•	Additional capabilities are available in solidThinking and solidThinking Inspire. See tutorial HM-2080 for an example.