HWC Console
The HWC Console, with the command line, supports auto-completion and interactive help and allows easy modification and re-execution of commands.
The HWC Console is docked below the panel area, like the Tcl Console, with the message log on the right side.
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Figure 1. HWC Console Interactive Help
Supported commands are logged in the command history and the hw_command.log log file.
- Press Tab or the spacebar to display all supported commands.
- Select entities in the pop-up window using the arrow keys and the left-mouse buttton (LMB).
- Selected commands/options can be confirmed using the Tab key.
- Enter executes the command.
- The interactive selection mode using the select option in commands like show command select can be terminated by pressing the Esc key.
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Figure 2.
- Copy
- Copies highlighted commands from the history.
- Clear
- Clears the command history.
- Log to file
- Turns on/off the HWC log.
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Figure 3. HWC Console and Message Log
See the HyperWorks Record and Playback topic in the HyperWorks Desktop Reference Guide for more information.