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User Guide
Provides detailed information regarding the features and functionality available in Compose.
Invoking Compose
Compose 2020.1 runs on Windows and Linux 64-bit platforms. Supported platforms include Windows 7/10 and Linux RedHat RHEL 7.4 and SUSE 12SP3.

What's New
Get Started
Tutorials
User Guide
Reference Guides

What's New
Discover new features and enhancements.
Get Started
Discover Compose, including its language support and system requirements.
Tutorials
The Compose tutorials and associated example model files help introduce you to the basic functionality of the software.
User Guide
Provides detailed information regarding the features and functionality available in Compose.
- Invoking Compose
  Compose 2020.1 runs on Windows and Linux 64-bit platforms. Supported platforms include Windows 7/10 and Linux RedHat RHEL 7.4 and SUSE 12SP3.
  - Running Compose in Console Mode
    Opening Compose in Console mode provides a shell where Compose OML language commands can be entered at the prompt.
  - Running Compose in GUI (Interactive and Graphic) Mode
    GUI mode provides access to all editorial, execution, and management features of the Integrated Development Environment (IDE).
  - Running Compose in Batch Mode
    In this mode, a language command or script is passed as an argument to be executed in batch mode (no GUI, no window) by the interpreters supported by Compose.
  - Other Invoke Options
- Compose Overview
  An overview of the utilities and tools you see when you start Compose.
- Editing Scripts
  Learn how to open, create and close scripts.
- Running Scripts
  Scripts can be executed by clicking Run.
- Plotting in Compose
  In Compose, you can create 2-D and 3-D plots using OML plotting commands.
- Using the Debugger
  Use the Debugger to find errors in the script.
- Compose Notebook
  The Compose Notebook is a web-based implementation of Compose’s OpenMatrix Language (OML) into a Jupyter Notebook. Notebooks (see www.jupyter.org) are a powerful way to execute and demonstrate scripted languages.
- Using OML Functions in HyperWorks Products
  OML functions can be registered from the Compose graphical user interface or via a preference file and later opened in certain HyperWorks products.
- Compose Libraries
Reference Guides
Reference guides are available for functions and commands supported by OML, Tcl, and Python.

Home
User Guide
Provides detailed information regarding the features and functionality available in Compose.
Invoking Compose
Compose 2020.1 runs on Windows and Linux 64-bit platforms. Supported platforms include Windows 7/10 and Linux RedHat RHEL 7.4 and SUSE 12SP3.

What's New
Get Started
Tutorials
User Guide
Reference Guides

Invoking Compose

Compose 2020.1 runs on Windows and Linux 64-bit platforms. Supported platforms include Windows 7/10 and Linux RedHat RHEL 7.4 and SUSE 12SP3.

Running Compose in Console Mode
Opening Compose in Console mode provides a shell where Compose OML language commands can be entered at the prompt.
Running Compose in GUI (Interactive and Graphic) Mode
GUI mode provides access to all editorial, execution, and management features of the Integrated Development Environment (IDE).
Running Compose in Batch Mode
In this mode, a language command or script is passed as an argument to be executed in batch mode (no GUI, no window) by the interpreters supported by Compose.
Other Invoke Options

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