2022.3
Overview of external readers and the Altair Binary Format, the generic ASCII reader, running HyperWorks in batch mode, using Tcl/Tk commands, translators, and result math.
This section contains details on general HyperWorks Desktop scripting concepts, along with documentation on the Tcl commands that can be used to query and modify the database and GUI.
View new features for HyperWorks Desktop 2022.3.
Learn the basics and discover the workspace.
Discover HyperWorks Desktop functionality with interactive tutorials.
Start HyperWorks Desktop and configure the applications.
Create, open, import, and save models.
Control the view and display of your model in the modeling window.
Use the Session Browser to view the current session and all the pages and windows it contains in a hierarchical display.
Publish your HyperWorks Desktop session to HTML, PowerPoint, or Report files.
Use the Parameters Browser to parameterize the contents of a session file or report template and automate a variety of analysis processes.
Automate common workflows using the Process Manager.
Explore, organize and manage your personal data, collaborate in teams, and connect to other data sources, such as corporate PLM systems to access CAD data or publish simulation data.
Extensions are programs integrated with HyperWorks to enhance or extend the user experience.
Altair Binary Format (ABF) is the standard binary format read by the program. A library called abflib allows you to create files in ABF.
A generic ASCII reader is now available which allows you to bring custom results directly into HyperView. The Altair ASCII format is useful for reading the results of any in-house or propriety codes which are saved in a generic format.
Batch mode allows you perform a series of operations outside the program interface.
External resources can be registered in preference files, session files, or Templex files. If an external resource is registered in a program session, it is automatically registered in the session file when the session is saved.
The HyperWorks Desktop scripting interface is a set of Tcl/Tk commands that follow a simple and consistent syntax.
Translators are utilities that are run from the command line of the operating system to convert various types of files into different formats.
XML commands in the Result Math Module.
Record playback workflows in HyperView.
These provide an overview of all additions, updates, and changes to the HyperMesh APIs for each release.
Details on the core data that can be queried and manipulated.
This API allows external applications to link HyperMesh as a library and provides a limited set of functions and structures to access specific functionality.
FE input readers are C programs that read information from ASCII or binary finite element models files into the HyperMesh database.
Details on the HMASCII format and associated commands.
Command files can be used to create new command scripts that perform automation, or to recover previously performed steps.
HyperWorks Desktop entities are often used as string parameters in commands that act directly on entities in some fashion, such as creating filtered sets that contain only a specific entity type.
Marks specify groups of entities that are transferred to the command processor. Marks can be created for most entities, and commands are then issued to perform operations on the entities on the mark. HyperWorks Desktop allows for two standard marks and a user mark.
At times, it is necessary to define a vector or plane for a command. HyperWorks Desktop allocates two vectors and two planes with the IDs 1 and 2. The vectors and planes can be defined at any time during the processing of a command file or Tcl script.
Data names are used to access data from the HyperWorks Desktop database. A data name is a string that represents a piece of data. They are basically generic references to the information that physically defines an entity in the HyperWorks Desktop environment.
Tcl (Tool Command Language), commonly pronounced "tickle", is a scripting language like Perl, JavaScript, Born, and Korn. Scripting languages are easy to use and learn because they have a syntax that is easy to read, are platform independent, and do not require compiling.
The HyperWorks Desktop Utility menu allows you to customize the standard interface to create controls that include function buttons, radio options, and text that have command files and Tcl/Tk scripts associated with them.
The functionality of the HyperMesh Tcl Modify Command commands are available through Tcl. Additionally, commands that allow you to extract information from the HyperWorks Desktop database, such as entity ID numbers on a mark, a list of assemblies, component names, elements per component, nodes per element, node values, and so forth. These are known as HyperMesh Tcl Query Command commands. They are used to query information from the database or template system.
Tcl/Tk scripts can be run in several ways.
Solver templates are ASCII data files containing HyperMesh Template Language Commands and HyperMesh Template Language Functions.
The Script and Model Library is a database of freely accessible scripts and models posted by users and Altair engineers.
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