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.
The HyperWorks Desktop scripting interface is a set of Tcl/Tk commands that follow a simple and consistent syntax.
Tcl/Tk classes for the following HyperWorks Desktop applications.
View new features for HyperWorks Desktop 2020.
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.
Altair Binary Format (ABF) is the standard binary format read by the program. A library called abflib allows you to create files in ABF.
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 allows you perform a series of operations outside the program interface.
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.
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.
Overview of object hierarchy for HyperView, HyperGraph, HyperWorks Desktop, MotionView, MediaView and TextView.
Links to the introductory pages for the Tcl/Tk commands that can be used in HyperView, MotionView, HyperGraph, HyperGraph 3D, TextView and MediaView.
Examples of script uses cases.
Learn more about Tcl/Tk with this basic example.
Learn more about programming with HyperWorks Tcl/Tk commands with this tutorial.
Adds a new rake to the CFD Plot/Streamlines panel.
Creates streamlines for the specified rakes based on the current settings in the CFD Plot/Streamlines panel.
Deletes the specified rake from the CFD Plot/Streamlines panel.
Deletes the streamlines for the rakes specified in the CFD Plot/Streamlines panel.
Returns the data type that was used for the streamline creation in the CFD Plot/Streamlines panel.
Returns the integration method that was used for the streamline creation in the CFD Plot/Streamlines panel.
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.
Returns the maximum integration step length in the CFD Plot/Streamlines panel.
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").
Returns the handle of the rake specified by the rake_id.
Returns a list of rake IDs from the CFD Plot/Streamlines panel.
Returns the 'colored-by mode' of the streamlines in the CFD Plot/Streamlines panel.
Returns whether decimation is being applied to streamlines in the CFD Plot/Streamlines panel, in order to reduce the memory footprint.
Returns the size of the streamlines in the CFD Plot/Streamlines panel.
Returns the style of the streamlines in the CFD Plot/Streamlines panel.
Sets the data type used for the streamline creation in the CFD Plot/Streamlines panel.
Specifies the integration algorithm used for the streamline creation in the CFD Plot/Streamlines panel.
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.
Specifies the maximum integration step length in the CFD Plot/Streamlines panel.
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").
Specifies the 'colored-by mode' of the streamlines in the CFD Plot/Streamlines panel.
Specifies whether decimation should be applied to the streamlines in the CFD Plot/Streamlines panel, in order to reduce the memory footprint.
Specifies the size of the streamlines in the CFD Plot/Streamlines panel.
Specifies the style of the streamlines in the CFD Plot/Streamlines panel.
Specifies the criterion for integration termination in the streamline creation in the CFD Plot/Streamlines panel.
Translators are utilities that are run from the command line of the operating system to convert various types of files into different formats.
XML commands in the Result Math Module.
Record playback workflows in HyperView.
The Script Exchange is a database of freely accessible scripts posted by users and Altair engineers.
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