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HyperWorks Desktop Reference Guides
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.
HyperMesh
Scripts
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.
Introduction

What's New
Get Started
Tutorials
Startup Procedures and Customizations
File Management
Display Controls
Session Navigation
Publish Session
Parameterize Report Templates
Workflow Automation
HyperWorks Collaboration Tools
HyperWorks Desktop Reference Guides

HyperWorks Desktop

What's New
View new features for HyperWorks Desktop 2019.
Get Started
Learn the basics and discover the workspace.
Tutorials
Discover HyperWorks Desktop functionality with interactive tutorials.
Startup Procedures and Customizations
Start HyperWorks Desktop and configure the applications.
File Management
Learn how to create, open, import and save models.
Display Controls
Control the view and display of your model in the modeling window.
Session Navigation
Use the Session Browser to view the current session and all the pages and windows it contains in a hierarchical display.
Publish Session
Publish Session allows you to save the current session as an HTML file or a Microsoft PowerPoint file.
Parameterize Report Templates
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.
Workflow Automation
Automate common workflows using the Process Manager or Automate tool.
HyperWorks Collaboration Tools
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.
HyperWorks Desktop Reference Guides
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.
- HyperWorks Desktop
- HyperMesh
  - API Programmer's Guides
    These provide an overview of all additions, updates, and changes to the HyperMesh APIs for each release.
  - Data Names
    Details on the core data that can be queried and manipulated.
  - Ext API
    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
    FE input readers are C programs that read information from ASCII or binary finite element models files into the HyperMesh database.
  - HMASCII
    Details on the HMASCII format and associated commands.
  - Model Checker
    The Model Checker can be customized to add custom checks and corrections.
  - Scripts
    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.
    - Introduction
      - Command Files
      - Entity Types
        HyperWorks Desktop entities are often used as string parameters in commands that act directly on entities in some fashion, such as creating filtered sets that contain only a specific entity type.
      - Marks
        Marks specify groups of entities that are transferred to the command processor. Marks can be created for most entities, and commands are then issued to perform operations on the entities on the mark. HyperWorks Desktop allows for two standard marks and a user mark.
      - Vectors and Planes
        At times, it is necessary to define a vector or plane for a command. HyperWorks Desktop allocates two vectors and two planes with the IDs 1 and 2. The vectors and planes can be defined at any time during the processing of a command file or Tcl script.
      - Data Names
        Data names are used to access data from the HyperWorks Desktop database. A data name is a string that represents a piece of data. They are basically generic references to the information that physically defines an entity in the HyperWorks Desktop environment.
      - Tcl/Tk
        Tcl (Tool Command Language), commonly pronounced “tickle”, is a scripting language like Perl, JavaScript, Born, and Korn. Scripting languages are easy to use and learn because they have a syntax that is easy to read, are platform independent, and don’t require compiling.
      - Utility Menu
        The HyperWorks Desktop Utility menu allows you to customize the standard interface to create controls that include function buttons, radio options, and text that have command files and Tcl/Tk scripts associated with them.
    - Creating Scripts
      The functionality of the HyperMesh Tcl Modify commands are available through Tcl. Additionally, commands that allow you to extract information from the HyperWorks Desktop database, such as entity ID numbers on a mark, a list of assemblies, component names, elements per component, nodes per element, node values, and so forth. These are known as HyperMesh Tcl Query commands. They are used to query information from the database or template system.
    - Running Scripts
      Tcl/Tk scripts can be run in several ways.
    - Commands and Functions
  - Solver Templates
    Solver templates are ASCII data files containing HyperMesh Template Language Commands and HyperMesh Template Language Functions.
- MotionView
- Templex and Math Reference Guide
- Script Exchange
  The Script Exchange is a database of freely accessible scripts posted by users and Altair engineers.

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HyperWorks Desktop

Home
HyperWorks Desktop Reference Guides
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.
HyperMesh
Scripts
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.
Introduction

What's New
Get Started
Tutorials
Startup Procedures and Customizations
File Management
Display Controls
Session Navigation
Publish Session
Parameterize Report Templates
Workflow Automation
HyperWorks Collaboration Tools
HyperWorks Desktop Reference Guides

Introduction

Command Files
Entity Types
HyperWorks Desktop entities are often used as string parameters in commands that act directly on entities in some fashion, such as creating filtered sets that contain only a specific entity type.
Marks
Marks specify groups of entities that are transferred to the command processor. Marks can be created for most entities, and commands are then issued to perform operations on the entities on the mark. HyperWorks Desktop allows for two standard marks and a user mark.
Vectors and Planes
At times, it is necessary to define a vector or plane for a command. HyperWorks Desktop allocates two vectors and two planes with the IDs 1 and 2. The vectors and planes can be defined at any time during the processing of a command file or Tcl script.
Data Names
Data names are used to access data from the HyperWorks Desktop database. A data name is a string that represents a piece of data. They are basically generic references to the information that physically defines an entity in the HyperWorks Desktop environment.
Tcl/Tk
Tcl (Tool Command Language), commonly pronounced “tickle”, is a scripting language like Perl, JavaScript, Born, and Korn. Scripting languages are easy to use and learn because they have a syntax that is easy to read, are platform independent, and don’t require compiling.
Utility Menu
The HyperWorks Desktop Utility menu allows you to customize the standard interface to create controls that include function buttons, radio options, and text that have command files and Tcl/Tk scripts associated with them.

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