TCL - Get current value of Loadcol ADD cards

Blake Berk

Hi,

With TCL, I am trying to update the value of a loadadd/mpcadd/spcadd card, but I cannot find a function that will give me the current number of entities nor the current value of those entities. I want to be able to get the current value and then reset. I know the *setvalue to set the value of the array, but I cannot seem to find how to get the existing entity.

Thanks,

Blake

Adriano Koga_20259

Hi @Blake Berk 

 

There is an example script in HM Installation folder, that i find extremely useful when you need to find out what is the 'dataname' to be queried by the hm_getvalue command in order to find some particular value of a specific entity in your model.

"C:\Program Files\Altair\2021\hwdesktop\hm\examples\scripts\entity_attribute_table.tcl"

If you run the above script, it will bring you a new browser, where you can select any existing entity in your model and query its datanames and respective values associated to it.

Knowing these datanames, it is pretty easy to query data using hm_getvalue command, or setting some value with *setvalue.

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