HyperWorks 12.0 Release Notes

Edge Snapping for Quad Seams
For all quad seams the connector snaps to close edges first before starting with the projection. This
prevents small elements in case of imperfectly positioned seam connectors.
Seam Direction
The determination of the seam direction is much more reliable, especially for lap welds. It’s no longer
necessary to reverse the direction as often.
Spot Quad Transition
Spot quad transition creates a 2x2 quad pattern around each spot on all layers. The orientation of this
pattern has been improved, so that features and free edges are taken into account.
Imprint Pattern
When the imprint pattern is close to a feature or free edge, the pattern is by defaulted allowed to snap
to such feature. This prevents small elements.
Sliver Elements
When the imprint pattern is close to a feature or free edge, the pattern is by defaulted allowed to snap
to such feature. This prevents small elements.
Skip Imprint
A new option to create just the quad pattern, without doing the final imprint has been introduced. This
allows you to manually resolve conflicting mesh situations.
New Seam and Spot Realizations have been Introduced
• seam-quad angled+capped+T,
• seam-quad angled+capped+L
• acm shell gap + coating
• pie rigid spider
Connector Imprint
The Connector Imprint functionality has mainly been introduced to provide the option to easily resolve
conflicts between imprinted seams. You can create the imprint pattern, resolve the situation manually
with all available tools in HM and then use the manual imprint functionality to imprint any shell
elements into other shell elements.
The new mesh imprint capability allows you to use bolt connectors in a complete new way. During the
bolt realization you can:
• close holes
• repunch holes
• reposition holes
• modify hole diameters