Nodes

There ares several steps to output nodes.

  1. HyperWorks Desktop executes the before() level.
  2. HyperWorks Desktop executes the beforecollector() level using the only node collector in the database.
  3. The format() level is executed once for each node in the database.
  4. After processing the nodes, HyperWorks Desktop executes the aftercollector() level and the after() level.

When outputting nodes, the before() and beforecollector() levels perform the same operation. The after() and aftercollector() levels also perform the same operation. This is because there is no data associated with the collector.