Set Up the HWPM Pages

  1. Click the Control view tab.


    Figure 1.
  2. Select utils from the categories drop-down menu.
    Figure 2.


  3. Select the Label control and drag it into the Page view panel.


    Figure 3.
  4. In the Property view panel, set the following:
    Instance Name: DEMO_LabelFilename

    Text: Filename:



    Figure 4.
  5. Highlight and drag the Text field control from the Control view into the Page view panel and place it beside the label.


    Figure 5.
  6. In the Property view, set Instance Name to DEMO_TextFilename.
  7. Highlight and drag the File browser control into the Page view panel.
  8. Set Instance Name to DEMO_FBFilename.
  9. Click the File Filter in the Property view panel.
  10. Click Add and type iges in the Extension column.


    Figure 6.
  11. Click Close.
  12. Click Script located next to the OnClicked property.
  13. Set the Script Type to HWPM Script from the drop down menu.
  14. Type the following HWPM script as the callback to: 
    var filename = DataModel.GetValue("DEMO_FBFilename");
DataModel.Property("DEMO_TextFilename.value", filename);


    Figure 7.
  15. Click Close.
  16. Select the Apply button in the Page view panel and change Text to Import.
  17. Click Script located next to the OnClicked property.
  18. Select TCL Script from the drop down menu and enter the following script: 
    set filename [::hw::pmgr::PmgrGetData 0 "DEMO_TextFilename.value"];
set filename [file join $filename];
*feinput #iges\\\iges $filename 0 0 -0.01 1 0";


    Figure 8.
  19. Click Close.
  20. Click the Layout tab.
    You may need to dock the tab using the pushpin icon.
  21. Experiment with the different layout settings. For example, try setting the following on for the added controls:
    Left: Anchor

    Top: Fixed

    Right: Free

    Bottom: Free



    Figure 9.
  22. Create a new page using the Add Page icon.
  23. Select Control view and drag the Label control on the new page. Set the following:
    Instance Name: DEMO_LabelMeshSize

    Text: Mesh Size

  24. Highlight and drag a Text field control beside the label.
  25. Set the Instance Name: as DEMO_TextMeshSize.
  26. Click Apply and change Text to Mesh.
  27. Write the following TCL script as the callback to the OnClicked property of the Apply button: 
    set meshsize [::hw::pmgr::PmgrGetData 0 "DEMO_TextMeshSize.value"];
*createmark surfaces 1 "all";
eval *defaultmeshsurf 1 $meshsize 2 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0;


    Figure 10.
  28. Click Close.