Hypermesh Exporting

eishinsnsayshin · April 3, 2012, 19:16

Hi All,

I'm trying to export pressures on a surface in FLUENT as a hmascii file to be read in Hypermesh...I'm pretty new to Hypermesh so bare with me. I'm trying to use FLUENT's export>solution_data option but I see no hmascii option available. I've learned if I don't run fluent using parallel processors I can see an ascii option available but no hmascii. Anyone have any ideas how to get hypermesh to read these pressures? Is there another file type other than hmascii that can be exported from fluent to be read in Hypermesh?

Thanks in advance for any advise!

Pauli · April 3, 2012, 19:20

I would look for Nastran. It is usually supported.

eishinsnsayshin · April 3, 2012, 19:28

Hey thanks for the reply!! That was quick. FLUENT will let me export a NASTRAN but it writes a BDF file which Hypermesh doesn't want to read...

jdwarren · November 26, 2012, 23:20

Greetings. I am attempting to export a mesh consisting of 2D triangular elements in STL/ASCII format in Hypermesh 11.0. Every time I attempt the export, I get the attached error message.

The number of elements "not defined in the template" (244684) is the total number of elements in the model. Does anyone have any familiarity with this sort of error message?

Thanks in advance.

biomechanics · November 27, 2012, 08:10

chose ansys as template, and export fem model as *.cdb format

jdwarren · November 27, 2012, 23:39

Quote:

Originally Posted by biomechanics

chose ansys as template, and export fem model as *.cdb format

When you say "template," are you talking about the user profile? I can do that, but .cdb does not show up as an export option. Also, I'm not familiar with that particular format -- will it be compatible with software expecting an STL?

Thanks for the reply.

biomechanics · November 28, 2012, 06:23

cdb as the suffix, you can enter *.cdb , and fluent will import the file

mosgef · November 28, 2012, 23:29

I've had reasonably good luck exporting surface pressures as Abaqus *.inp files and reading those into hypermesh. FLUENT will export a file that contains both the node and elements defining the surface and the pressures acting on those nodes.
Available from the export--solution data menu

jdwarren · November 29, 2012, 01:29

Looks like I'm in the wrong subforum; I actually need this exported in STL format in order to read it into 3-matic (not Fluent). I'll repost in the main CFD forum. Thanks anyway, though.

April 3, 2012, 19:16	Hypermesh Exporting	#1
eishinsnsayshin Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Posts: 48 Rep Power: 15	Hi All, I'm trying to export pressures on a surface in FLUENT as a hmascii file to be read in Hypermesh...I'm pretty new to Hypermesh so bare with me. I'm trying to use FLUENT's export>solution_data option but I see no hmascii option available. I've learned if I don't run fluent using parallel processors I can see an ascii option available but no hmascii. Anyone have any ideas how to get hypermesh to read these pressures? Is there another file type other than hmascii that can be exported from fluent to be read in Hypermesh? Thanks in advance for any advise!

November 26, 2012, 23:20	Hypermesh exporting to STL (ASCII)	#4
jdwarren New Member dirty trucker Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 8 Rep Power: 15	Greetings. I am attempting to export a mesh consisting of 2D triangular elements in STL/ASCII format in Hypermesh 11.0. Every time I attempt the export, I get the attached error message. The number of elements "not defined in the template" (244684) is the total number of elements in the model. Does anyone have any familiarity with this sort of error message? Thanks in advance.

November 29, 2012, 01:29	oops...	#9
jdwarren New Member dirty trucker Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 8 Rep Power: 15	Looks like I'm in the wrong subforum; I actually need this exported in STL format in order to read it into 3-matic (not Fluent). I'll repost in the main CFD forum. Thanks anyway, though.

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April 3, 2012, 19:20		#2
Pauli Senior Member Pauli Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 189 Rep Power: 17	I would look for Nastran. It is usually supported.

April 3, 2012, 19:28		#3
eishinsnsayshin Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Posts: 48 Rep Power: 15	Hey thanks for the reply!! That was quick. FLUENT will let me export a NASTRAN but it writes a BDF file which Hypermesh doesn't want to read...

November 27, 2012, 08:10		#5
biomechanics New Member scu Join Date: Nov 2012 Posts: 3 Rep Power: 14	chose ansys as template, and export fem model as *.cdb format

November 28, 2012, 06:23		#7
biomechanics New Member scu Join Date: Nov 2012 Posts: 3 Rep Power: 14	cdb as the suffix, you can enter *.cdb , and fluent will import the file

November 28, 2012, 23:29		#8
mosgef New Member Join Date: May 2012 Posts: 2 Rep Power: 0	I've had reasonably good luck exporting surface pressures as Abaqus *.inp files and reading those into hypermesh. FLUENT will export a file that contains both the node and elements defining the surface and the pressures acting on those nodes. Available from the export--solution data menu