HyperWorks writes several different settings files.
HyperMesh writes command<#>.tcl,
hmmenu.set and hmsettings.tcl
(standalone only). HyperWorks writes
hwsettings.xml. Each of these files is detailed below.
command<#>.tcl
The command file is a command history file containing the commands executed in
HyperMesh whenever any operation is performed. This
file can be used to rerun operations or as a basis for determining the commands
required to automate a given process. By default, the command file is written to the
start-in directory for each session. It is possible to customize the location where
this file is written to using the HM_COMMANFILE_DIR environment variable. Note that
on Linux, the command file is named command.tcl.
hmmenu.set
The
hmmenu.set file stores information about
panel options,
panel settings, user
profiles, graphics settings, element check settings, penetration check settings and
several other settings. The
hmmenu.set file is written to the
start-in directory after each session is closed. Deleting this file resets the
stored settings to their default values. It is possible to customize the location
where this file is read from during start-up.
HyperWorks uses
the following search order to find the
hmmenu.set file. If
copies exist in multiple locations, only the first one found in the search order is
used.
- HM_MENUSET_DIR environment variable
- Start-in directory
- Home directory
- HW_CONFIG_PATH environment variable
- Installation directory
hmsettings.tcl
The
hmsettings.tcl file stores information on the
browsers, the user interface layout (tab locations,
command window,
panel location, toolbars,
and so on), keyboard preferences, import/export settings, recent files, and other
various settings for
HyperMesh standalone. By default,
the
hmsettings.tcl file is written to the My Documents
directory on Windows and in
~/.altair on
Linux after each session is closed. Deleting this file resets
the stored settings to their default values. It is possible to customize the
location where this file is read from during start-up and written to on exit.
HyperMesh standalone always writes the
hmsettings.tcl file back out to the location where it
originally read it from for that session. The following order is used to find the
hmsettings.tcl file.
- HM_SETTINGS_DIR environment variable. If this is defined, the search stops
even if the file does not exist.
- My Documents directory on Windows or ~/.altair on
Linux.
hwsettings.xml
The
hwsettings.xml file stores information on the
browsers, the user interface layout (tab locations,
command window,
panel location, toolbars,
and so on), keyboard preferences, import/export settings, recent files, and other
various settings. By default, the
hwsettings.xml file is
written to the My Documents directory on Windows and in
~/.altair on
Linux after each
session is closed. Deleting this file resets the stored settings to their default
values. It is possible to customize the location where this file is read from during
start-up and written to on exit.
HyperWorks always writes the
hwsettings.xml file back out to the location where it
originally read it from for that session. The following order is used to find the
hwsettings.xml file.
- HW_SETTINGS_DIR environment variable. If this is defined, the search stops
even if the file does not exist.
- My Documents directory on Windows or ~/.altair on
Linux.