Input

Action

split surf-node

This control group has two different behaviors which are set by selecting the toggle at the end of the second collector.

split surf-line

This control group splits a surface from a selected node to a selected line, such that the resulting split is perpendicular to the line chosen.  This function has two different behaviors which are set by selecting the toggle at the end of the second collector.

washer split

Use these controls to create a washer seated on a hole in your model.  First specify an offset to determine the width of the washer, and then highlight the line selector and pick the line(s) to which you wish to add washers of that thickness.

unsplit surf

Use this lines selector to pick and remove a split-line from a surface, making it a single continuous surface again.  You can select multiple entities by using the shift-click selection box.

toggle edge

With this lines selector highlighted:

In either case, the edge must meet the criteria for the type of edge you wish to change it to.  For example, toggling a free edge to a shared edge requires the presence of a similar edge within the distance you specify in the tolerance field.

filler surf

With this lines selector active, pick a closed-loop line (a hole) in your model to create a surface that fills the hole.  Only free edges (red) are valid, and they convert to shared edges (green) after creating the filler surface.

delete surf

Highlight this surfs selector, then pick a surface in your model to delete that surface.

adjust/set density

Allows you to interactively change mesh node density along selected edges when at least one of connected surfaces is meshed. When mesh settings specify remeshing after a topology change, changing the mesh density along an edge immediately remeshes the surface.

To adjust density, use the first line(s) collector. Left-click a surface edge to increment the element density by one, or right-click to decrement the element density by one.

To set density, use the second line(s) collector. This allows you to select a line with the correct target density using the left mouse button, then apply this density to additional edges using the right mouse button.

replace points

Use these controls to move points from their current locations to the locations of other points, effectively combining them.  Use the moved selector to pick the point you wish to move (or use the shift-click selection box to pick multiple points).  Use the retain selector to specify the point that you wish the moved point to combine with.

add/remove point

Highlight this points selector, and then left-click a node, line, or surface in your model to add new point to the model geometry.  Alternately, right-click an existing point to remove it.

You can use the shift-click rectangular selection box (with the right mouse button in this case, not the left) to remove any points within the selection box.

add point on line

To add multiple points to a line, highlight the line(s) selector, specify the # of pts that you wish to add to that line, and then pick the desired line in your model.  The specified number of points appear at evenly-spaced intervals along the line’s length, between the existing end-points of the line.

release points

Highlight this points selector and then pick points in your model to disassociate those points from their lines, surfaces, and so on thus converting them to free points.

project points

Use these controls to move free points to existing surfaces or lines.  Use the toggle to affect whether this happens singly, or as a chain of actions:

trim-intersect

Use these two node selectors to choose nodes at each end of a fillet.  HyperMesh then removes the fillet, extending the lines until they meet in a corner instead of a fillet.