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 2019.
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 Session allows you to save the current session as an HTML file or a Microsoft PowerPoint file.
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 derived subcase to a result.
Adds a simulation reference to the current subcase.
Adds the currently plotted result to the internal cache.
Removes the specified result from the internal cache.
Creates a layer filter.
Erases a derived subcase from a result.
Gets a list of the ID-Name pairs for all of the cached data types.
Gets a handle to the collision control object.
Gets a handle to the complex control object.
Gets the index of the current transient simulation.
Gets the current subcase ID.
Returns whether or not a data component can be used with various complex filters for the specified subcase and data type.
Gets a list of all data components from the result file for the specified subcase and data type.
Returns true if the component/derived type for the specified result allows system transformations.
Gets the list of dimensions with non-empty datasets. Values include: node, line, shell, or solid.
Gets the binding for specified datatype return. Values include: node, element, or node_on_element.
Gets the format for specified datatype return. Values include scalar, vector, and tensor.
Gets a list with all data type labels from the result file for the specified subcase.
Gets a handle to the FLD control object.
Gets a list of pools.
Gets a handle to the iso value control object.
Gets the handle for a layer filter.
Gets a list of shell layer labels from the result file for the specified subcase and data type.
Gets the number of data components for the specified subcase and data type.
Gets the number of data types in the result file for the specified subcase ID.
Gets the number of shell layers for the specified subcase and datatype.
Gets the number of simulations for the specified subcase.
Gets the number of subcases in the result file.
Gets a handle to the scale control object.
Gets the simulation label.
Gets the list of simulation labels.
Gets the label of a given subcase.
Gets the list of subcase IDs in the result file.
Gets a label of a given subcase.
Gets a handle to the tensor control object.
Gets a handle to the vector control object.
Checks if the layer filter is valid for the given data type.
Utility function to find out the trackability of the specified data type.
Removes the layer filter with the given ID.
Removes the simulation reference from the current subcase.
Restores the cached plot from the internal cache.
Sets the current transient simulation.
Sets the current subcase for result manipulation operations (for example: animation, contour, and vector plot).
Sets the label of a derived subcase.
Frees memory associated with the given simulation index.
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.
The Script Exchange is a database of freely accessible scripts posted by users and Altair engineers.
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