hwISession GetSystemVariable
Accesses application information.
Syntax
hwISession_handle GetSystemVariable name
Application
HyperWorks Tcl Query
Description
Returns the value associated with the given variable name.
Inputs
- name
- The application variable name (key). See below.
Below is a list of the available variable names. Variable names are case-sensitive. All
returned paths are platform dependent for the current platform.
- "ALTAIR_HOME"
- Path to the installation directory.
- "NAME"
- Name of the current HyperWorks product.
- "TITLE
- Version title of the HyperWorks product.
- "VERSION
- Release version (not beta version).
- "CURRENTWORKINGDIR
- Gets the current working directory.
- "EXECUTABLEPATH
- Full executable path to the current HyperWorks product.
- "EXECUTABLEDIR
- Bin directory for the current HyperWorks product.
- "hw_tcl_common
- Tcl installation directory installed with HyperWorks.
- "tcl_lib
- Tcl libraries directory under the Tcl installation directory installed with HyperWorks.
- "tk_lib
- Tk libraries directory under the Tcl installation directory installed with HyperWorks.
- "hw_readers"
- Direct readers directory for the animation client.
- "hm_feinput_readers
- Import translators directory for HyperMesh and the FE Model client.
- "hm"
- Path to the HyperMesh executable.
- "hm_mac"
- Path to the HyperMesh root macro file.
- "TEMPLATES_DIR"
- Path to the templates directory.
- "hm_user_profiles"
- Path to the HyperMesh UserProfiles directory.
- "HSTBIN_DIR"
- Path to the HyperStudy bin directory.
- "study_proxy_path"
- Path to the HyperStudy bin directory.
- "PREFERENCES_HYPERSTUDY"
- Full path to the current preferences file used by HyperStudy.
- "DOE_DESIGNS_DIR"
- Path to the HyperStudy doe_designs directory.
- "mv_solver_writers"
- Path to the MotionView bin directory.
- "hw_old_readers"
- Path to the emi directory under the externalreaders directory, which contains the readers for the animation client in HyperWorks 5.1
- "altair_lic.dat"
- Path to the license file.
- "hm_dll_readers"
- Path to the bin directory under HyperMesh.
- "hm_scripts_dir"
- Path to the scripts directory under HyperMesh.
- "hyperbeam_dir"
- Path to HyperBeam.
- "wish"
- Path to the Tcl wish executable.
- "EXTERNALREADERS_DIR"
- Path to the directory containing the external readers for the plot client.
- "EXTERNALWRITERS_DIR"
- Path to the directory containing the external writers for the plot client.
- "EXTERNALFUNCS_DIR"
- Path to the directory containing the external math functions for the plot client.
- "export_templates_dir"
- Path to the directory containing the curve export templates for the plot client.
- "standard_statistics_template"
- Path to the stats.tpl template file
- "hw_help_dir"
- Path to the help directory under the HyperWorks installation.
- "nastran_to_abaqus_converter"
- Directory containing the Nastran to Abaqus converter.
- "jre_path"
- Directory containing the JAVA installation under the HyperWorks installation.
- "epic_path"
- Epic root directory.
- "hws_path"
- Path to the libraries under the hw directory.
- "ARCHITECTURE"
- Returns the operating system name (for Unix only).
- "XDISPLAYNAME"
- Returns the display name (for Unix only).
Errors
None.