HyperWorks Desktop
HyperWorks Desktop

2020.1

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  2. HyperWorks Desktop Reference Guides

    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.

  3. HyperWorks Desktop

  4. Tcl/Tk Commands

    The HyperWorks Desktop scripting interface is a set of Tcl/Tk commands that follow a simple and consistent syntax.

  5. Tcl/Tk Commands

    Tcl/Tk classes for the following HyperWorks Desktop applications.

  6. HyperView

  7. poICFD Class

  • What's New
  • Get Started
  • Tutorials
  • Startup Procedures and Customizations
  • Manage Files and Data
  • Display Controls
  • Session Navigation
  • Publish Sessions
  • Parameterize Report Templates
  • Workflow Automation
  • HyperWorks Collaboration Tools
  • HyperWorks Desktop Reference Guides
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HyperWorks Desktop

2020.1

HyperWorks Desktop
  • What's New

    View new features for HyperWorks Desktop 2020.1.

  • Get Started

    Learn the basics and discover the workspace.

  • Tutorials

    Discover HyperWorks Desktop functionality with interactive tutorials.

  • Startup Procedures and Customizations

    Start HyperWorks Desktop and configure the applications.

  • Manage Files and Data

    Learn how to create, open, import and save models.

  • Display Controls

    Control the view and display of your model in the modeling window.

  • Session Navigation

    Use the Session Browser to view the current session and all the pages and windows it contains in a hierarchical display.

  • Publish Sessions

    Publish your HyperWorks Desktop session to HTML, PowerPoint, or Report files.

  • Parameterize Report Templates

    Use the Parameters Browser to parameterize the contents of a session file or report template and automate a variety of analysis processes with the Parameters Browser.

  • Workflow Automation

    Automate common workflows using the Process Manager or Automate tool.

  • HyperWorks Collaboration Tools

    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.

  • HyperWorks Desktop Reference Guides

    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.

    • HyperWorks Desktop

      • External Readers and Altair Binary Format

        Altair Binary Format (ABF) is the standard binary format read by the program. A library called abflib allows you to create files in ABF.

      • Generic ASCII Reader

        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

        Batch mode allows you perform a series of operations outside the program interface.

      • External Resources

        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.

      • Tcl/Tk Commands

        The HyperWorks Desktop scripting interface is a set of Tcl/Tk commands that follow a simple and consistent syntax.

        • Program with HyperWorks APIs for Beginners

          APIs can be used to perform various actions in HyperWorks. For example, the AddPage API can be used to add a page within the project.

        • Object Hierarchy

          Overview of object hierarchy for HyperView, HyperGraph, HyperWorks Desktop, MotionView, MediaView and TextView.

        • Tcl/Tk Classes

          Links to the introductory pages for the Tcl/Tk commands that can be used in HyperView, MotionView, HyperGraph, HyperGraph 3D, TextView and MediaView.

        • Script Use Cases

          Examples of script uses cases.

        • Tcl/Tk Example

          Learn more about Tcl/Tk with this basic example.

        • Program with HyperWorks Tcl/Tk Command Tutorials

          Learn more about programming with HyperWorks Tcl/Tk commands with this tutorial.

        • Tcl/Tk Commands

          Tcl/Tk classes for the following HyperWorks Desktop applications.

          • HyperWorks Desktop

          • MotionView

          • HyperView

            • Hotspot Finder API Structure

            • Upfront Data Loader APIs

            • poI3DViewCtrl Class

            • poIAdvancedQuery Class

            • poIAssembly Class

            • poIBestView Class

            • poICFD Class

              • poICFD AddRake

                Adds a new rake to the CFD Plot/Streamlines panel.

              • poICFD CreateStreamLines

                Creates streamlines for the specified rakes based on the current settings in the CFD Plot/Streamlines panel.

              • poICFD DeleteRake

                Deletes the specified rake from the CFD Plot/Streamlines panel.

              • poICFD DeleteStreamLines

                Deletes the streamlines for the rakes specified in the CFD Plot/Streamlines panel.

              • poICFD GetDataType

                Returns the data type that was used for the streamline creation in the CFD Plot/Streamlines panel.

              • poICFD GetIntegrationMethod

                Returns the integration method that was used for the streamline creation in the CFD Plot/Streamlines panel.

              • poICFD GetMaxBreakAngle

                Returns the threshold value for the break angle between two neighboring streamline segments, which is used to decide if the two line segments should be merged into one, or kept untouched.

              • poICFD GetMaxStepLength

                Returns the maximum integration step length in the CFD Plot/Streamlines panel.

              • poICFD GetNumOfStreamLineColors

                Returns the number of colors in the color map that were used to color the individual streamlines in the CFD Plot/Streamlines panel (when the 'color-by mode' is set to "seed").

              • poICFD GetRakeHandle

                Returns the handle of the rake specified by the rake_id.

              • poICFD GetRakeList

                Returns a list of rake IDs from the CFD Plot/Streamlines panel.

              • poICFD GetStreamLineColoredByMode

                Returns the 'colored-by mode' of the streamlines in the CFD Plot/Streamlines panel.

              • poICFD GetStreamLineDecimation

                Returns whether decimation is being applied to streamlines in the CFD Plot/Streamlines panel, in order to reduce the memory footprint.

              • poICFD GetStreamLineSize

                Returns the size of the streamlines in the CFD Plot/Streamlines panel.

              • poICFD GetStreamLineStyle

                Returns the style of the streamlines in the CFD Plot/Streamlines panel.

              • poICFD SetDataType

                Sets the data type used for the streamline creation in the CFD Plot/Streamlines panel.

              • poICFD SetIntegrationMethod

                Specifies the integration algorithm used for the streamline creation in the CFD Plot/Streamlines panel.

              • poICFD SetMaxBreakAngle

                Specifies the threshold value for the break angle between two neighboring streamline segments, which is used to decide if the two line segments should be merged into one, or kept untouched.

              • poICFD SetMaxStepLength

                Specifies the maximum integration step length in the CFD Plot/Streamlines panel.

              • poICFD SetNumOfStreamLineColors

                Specifies the number of colors in the color map used to color the individual streamlines in the CFD Plot/Streamlines panel (when the 'color-by mode' is set to "seed").

              • poICFD SetStreamLineColoredByMode

                Specifies the 'colored-by mode' of the streamlines in the CFD Plot/Streamlines panel.

              • poICFD SetStreamLineDecimation

                Specifies whether decimation should be applied to the streamlines in the CFD Plot/Streamlines panel, in order to reduce the memory footprint.

              • poICFD SetStreamLineSize

                Specifies the size of the streamlines in the CFD Plot/Streamlines panel.

              • poICFD SetStreamLineStyle

                Specifies the style of the streamlines in the CFD Plot/Streamlines panel.

              • poICFD SetTerminationCriterion

                Specifies the criterion for integration termination in the streamline creation in the CFD Plot/Streamlines panel.

            • poICFD_rake Class

            • poICollisionCtrl Class

            • poICollisionSet Class

            • poIComplexCtrl Class

            • poIComponent Class

            • poIContourCtrl Class

            • poIExplosion Class

            • poIFBDCtrl Class

            • poIFLDCtrl Class

            • poIGraphicMaterial Class

            • poIImagePlaneCtrl Class

            • poIImagePlane Class

            • poIIsoValueCtrl Class

            • poILayerFilter Class

            • poILegend Class

            • poIMeasure Class

            • poIModel Class

            • poINote Class

            • poIPart Class

            • poIPartAssembly Class

            • poIPost Class

            • poIPostManager Class

            • poIQueryCtrl Class

            • poIQueryDistanceRule Class

            • poIQueryExpressionRule Class

            • poIQueryExtremeRule Class

            • poIQueryIgnoreElemTypeRule Class

            • poIQueryIterator Class

            • poIQueryRule Class

            • poIQuerySetRule Class

            • poIRenderOptions Class

            • poIResultCtrl Class

            • poIResultMathCtrl Class

            • poIScalarDefine Class

            • poIScaleCtrl Class

            • poISCL Class

            • poISection Class

            • poISelectionSet Class

            • poIStressLinearizationCtrl Class

            • poISubcase Class

            • poISweepCtrl Class

            • poISymmetry Class

            • poISystem Class

            • poISystemCtrl Class

            • poITensorCtrl Class

            • poITensorDefine Class

            • poITextAttribute Class

            • poITracingCtrl Class

            • poITrackingSystem Class

            • poIVectorCtrl Class

            • poIVectorDefine Class

          • HyperGraph 2D

          • HyperGraph 3D

          • MediaView

          • TextView

          • HgTrans

          • TableView

      • Translators

        Translators are utilities that are run from the command line of the operating system to convert various types of files into different formats.

      • Result Math

        XML commands in the Result Math Module.

      • HyperWorks Record and Playback

        Record playback workflows in HyperView.

    • HyperWorks Report

    • HyperMesh

    • MotionView

    • Templex and Math Reference Guide

    • Script Exchange

      The Script Exchange is a database of freely accessible scripts posted by users and Altair engineers.

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HyperWorks Desktop
HyperWorks Desktop

2020.1

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    • Tcl/Tk Commands

      Tcl/Tk classes for the following HyperWorks Desktop applications.

    • Tcl/Tk Commands

      The HyperWorks Desktop scripting interface is a set of Tcl/Tk commands that follow a simple and consistent syntax.

    • HyperWorks Desktop

    • HyperWorks Desktop Reference Guides

      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.

    • HyperView

  3. poICFD Class

  • What's New
  • Get Started
  • Tutorials
  • Startup Procedures and Customizations
  • Manage Files and Data
  • Display Controls
  • Session Navigation
  • Publish Sessions
  • Parameterize Report Templates
  • Workflow Automation
  • HyperWorks Collaboration Tools
  • HyperWorks Desktop Reference Guides
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    poICFD Class

    Note: See the CFD Post-Processing and Streamlines topics in the HyperView User's Guide for additional information.
    • poICFD AddRake
      Adds a new rake to the CFD Plot/Streamlines panel.
    • poICFD CreateStreamLines
      Creates streamlines for the specified rakes based on the current settings in the CFD Plot/Streamlines panel.
    • poICFD DeleteRake
      Deletes the specified rake from the CFD Plot/Streamlines panel.
    • poICFD DeleteStreamLines
      Deletes the streamlines for the rakes specified in the CFD Plot/Streamlines panel.
    • poICFD GetDataType
      Returns the data type that was used for the streamline creation in the CFD Plot/Streamlines panel.
    • poICFD GetIntegrationMethod
      Returns the integration method that was used for the streamline creation in the CFD Plot/Streamlines panel.
    • poICFD GetMaxBreakAngle
      Returns the threshold value for the break angle between two neighboring streamline segments, which is used to decide if the two line segments should be merged into one, or kept untouched.
    • poICFD GetMaxStepLength
      Returns the maximum integration step length in the CFD Plot/Streamlines panel.
    • poICFD GetNumOfStreamLineColors
      Returns the number of colors in the color map that were used to color the individual streamlines in the CFD Plot/Streamlines panel (when the 'color-by mode' is set to "seed").
    • poICFD GetRakeHandle
      Returns the handle of the rake specified by the rake_id.
    • poICFD GetRakeList
      Returns a list of rake IDs from the CFD Plot/Streamlines panel.
    • poICFD GetStreamLineColoredByMode
      Returns the 'colored-by mode' of the streamlines in the CFD Plot/Streamlines panel.
    • poICFD GetStreamLineDecimation
      Returns whether decimation is being applied to streamlines in the CFD Plot/Streamlines panel, in order to reduce the memory footprint.
    • poICFD GetStreamLineSize
      Returns the size of the streamlines in the CFD Plot/Streamlines panel.
    • poICFD GetStreamLineStyle
      Returns the style of the streamlines in the CFD Plot/Streamlines panel.
    • poICFD SetDataType
      Sets the data type used for the streamline creation in the CFD Plot/Streamlines panel.
    • poICFD SetIntegrationMethod
      Specifies the integration algorithm used for the streamline creation in the CFD Plot/Streamlines panel.
    • poICFD SetMaxBreakAngle
      Specifies the threshold value for the break angle between two neighboring streamline segments, which is used to decide if the two line segments should be merged into one, or kept untouched.
    • poICFD SetMaxStepLength
      Specifies the maximum integration step length in the CFD Plot/Streamlines panel.
    • poICFD SetNumOfStreamLineColors
      Specifies the number of colors in the color map used to color the individual streamlines in the CFD Plot/Streamlines panel (when the 'color-by mode' is set to "seed").
    • poICFD SetStreamLineColoredByMode
      Specifies the 'colored-by mode' of the streamlines in the CFD Plot/Streamlines panel.
    • poICFD SetStreamLineDecimation
      Specifies whether decimation should be applied to the streamlines in the CFD Plot/Streamlines panel, in order to reduce the memory footprint.
    • poICFD SetStreamLineSize
      Specifies the size of the streamlines in the CFD Plot/Streamlines panel.
    • poICFD SetStreamLineStyle
      Specifies the style of the streamlines in the CFD Plot/Streamlines panel.
    • poICFD SetTerminationCriterion
      Specifies the criterion for integration termination in the streamline creation in the CFD Plot/Streamlines panel.

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