2020.1
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.
Details on the HMASCII format and associated commands.
View new features for HyperWorks Desktop 2020.1.
Learn the basics and discover the workspace.
Discover HyperWorks Desktop functionality with interactive tutorials.
Start HyperWorks Desktop and configure the applications.
Learn how to 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 with the Parameters Browser.
Automate common workflows using the Process Manager or Automate tool.
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.
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.
Creates an accelerometer in HMASCII format.
Creates an alefsiprojection in HMASCII format.
Creates an alereferencesystemcurve in HMASCII format.
Creates an alereferencesystemgroup in HMASCII format.
Creates an alereferencesystemnode in HMASCII format.
Creates an alereferencesystemswitch in HMASCII format.
Creates an alesmoothing in HMASCII format.
Creates an aletanktest in HMASCII format.
Creates an attachmentcontrol in HMASCII format.
Creates an attachment in HMASCII format.
Creates a body in HMASCII format.
Creates a box in HMASCII format.
Creates a collection in HMASCII format.
Creates a collision in HMASCII format.
Creates a comment in HMASCII format.
Creates a component in HMASCII format.
Creates a configuration in HMASCII format.
Creates a connectorgroup in HMASCII format.
Creates a connectorset in HMASCII format.
Creates a constrainedextranode in HMASCII format.
Creates a constrainedrigidbody in HMASCII format.
Creates a mechanism constraint in HMASCII format.
Creates a contactbehavior in HMASCII format.
Creates a contactgroup in HMASCII format.
Starts a contactsurfs block.
Creates a control card in HMASCII format.
Starts a control volume block.
Creates a crosssection in HMASCII format.
Creates a damping in HMASCII format.
Creates a designpointmethod in HMASCII format.
Creates a designpoint in HMASCII format.
Creates a designpointset in HMASCII format.
Creates a direct matrix input in HMASCII format.
Creates an elementcluster in HMASCII format.
Creates a encryption in HMASCII format.
Defines an equation load in HMASCII format.
Creates an exploration in HMASCII format.
Creates a failure in HMASCII format.
Creates a field in HMASCII format.
Creates a flux load in HMASCII format.
Creates a freebodygroup in HMASCII format.
Creates a freebodysection in HMASCII format.
Creates a friction in HMASCII format.
Creates a gap element in HMASCII format.
Creates a hexa20 element in HMASCII format.
Creates a hexa8 element in HMASCII format.
Creates a feature in HMASCII format.
Creates an hourglass in HMASCII format.
Creates an IC element in HMASCII format.
Defines the independent nodes for an IC element in HMASCII format.
Defines the independent nodes DOF coefficients for an equation load.
Defines the independent nodes degrees of freedom for an equation load.
Defines the independent nodes for an equation load.
Creates an interfacecomponent in HMASCII format.
Creates an interfacelinking in HMASCII format.
Defines the interface pairs for a sub-laminate laminate.
Defines the number of interface pairs assigned to a sub-laminate laminate.
Creates a mechanism joint in HMASCII format.
Defines the plies or sub-laminates assigned to a ply laminate or sub-laminate laminate.
Defines the number of plies or sub-laminates assigned to a ply laminate or sub-laminate laminate.
Creates a laminate in HMASCII format.
Creates a list in HMASCII format.
Creates a load collector in HMASCII format.
Starts a loadsteps output block.
Creates a mass element in HMASCII format.
Creates a mass entity in HMASCII format.
Creates a master3 element in HMASCII format.
Creates a master4 element in HMASCII format.
Creates a material in HMASCII format.
Creates a mechanism in HMASCII format.
Creates a meshcontrol in HMASCII format.
Creates date metadata in HMASCII format.
Creates double metadata in HMASCII format.
Creates double array metadata in HMASCII format.
Creates entity ID metadata in HMASCII format.
Creates entity ID array metadata in HMASCII format.
Creates integer metadata in HMASCII format.
Creates integer array metadata in HMASCII format.
Creates string metadata in HMASCII format.
Creates string array metadata in HMASCII format.
Creates a model check check in HMASCII format.
Creates a model check correction in HMASCII format.
Creates an outputrequest in HMASCII format.
Creates a panel in HMASCII format.
Creates a parameter in HMASCII format.
Creates a partset in HMASCII format.
Creates a penta15 element in HMASCII format.
Creates a penta6 element in HMASCII format.
Creates a ply in HMASCII format.
Creates a plot in HMASCII format.
Creates a plotel element in HMASCII format.
Defines the entities assigned to a ply.
Defines the number of entities assigned to a ply.
Creates a position in HMASCII format.
Creates a pretensioner in HMASCII format.
Creates a property in HMASCII format.
Creates a pyramid13 element in HMASCII format.
Creates a pyramid5 element in HMASCII format.
Creates a quad4 element in HMASCII format.
Creates a quad8 element in HMASCII format.
Creates an RBE3 element in HMASCII format.
Creates a region in HMASCII format.
Creates a response in HMASCII format.
Creates a result in HMASCII format.
Creates a retractor in HMASCII format.
Creates a rigid element in HMASCII format.
Creates a rigidbody in HMASCII format.
Creates a rigidlink element in HMASCII format.
Creates a rigid wall group in HMASCII format.
Adds geometry to a rigid wall group in HMASCII format.
Creates a rigidwall in HMASCII format.
Creates a rod element in HMASCII format.
Creates a seatbeltcontrolpoint in HMASCII format.
Creates a seatbelt in HMASCII format.
Creates a sequence in HMASCII format.
Creates a set in HMASCII format.
Adds entities to a set in HMASCII format.
Creates a shape3d in HMASCII format.
Creates a slave1 element in HMASCII format.
Creates a slave3 element in HMASCII format.
Creates a slave4 element in HMASCII format.
Creates a slipring in HMASCII format.
Creates a solvermass in HMASCII format.
Creates a solver submodel in HMASCII format.
Creates a spring element in HMASCII format.
Creates a spring3 element in HMASCII format.
Creates a spring4 element in HMASCII format.
Creates a structuralproperty in HMASCII format.
Creates a study in HMASCII format.
Creates a subsystemconfiguration in HMASCII format.
Creates a subsystem in HMASCII format.
Creates a subsystemset in HMASCII format.
Creates a symmetrypivot in HMASCII format.
Creates a system in HMASCII format.
Creates a system collector in HMASCII format.
Ends the data definition of a column in a table in HMASCII format.
Defines the column labels of a table in HMASCII format.
Starts the data definition of a column in a table in HMASCII format.
Defines the column types of a table in HMASCII format.
Sets the value of a cell in a table in HMASCII format.
Starts a tables block.
Ends a table in HMASCII format.
Creates a tag in HMASCII format.
Assigns a text description to a tag in HMASCII format.
Creates a termination in HMASCII format.
Creates a tetra10 element in HMASCII format.
Creates a tetra4 element in HMASCII format.
Creates a transformation in HMASCII format.
Creates a tria3 element in HMASCII format.
Creates a tria6 element in HMASCII format.
Defines a data names block for new-style HyperMesh entities in HMASCII format.
Creates a vector collector in HMASCII format.
Creates a weld element in HMASCII format.
Creates a weldline in HMASCII format.
Creates an xelem element in HMASCII format.
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.
Solver templates are ASCII data files containing HyperMesh Template Language Commands and HyperMesh Template Language Functions.
The Script Exchange is a database of freely accessible scripts posted by users and Altair engineers.
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HyperMesh HMASCII Command
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