TCL Hyperview and Hypermesh

Thomas_D

I’m writing a TCL script that will be executed in the following scenario: in HyperView, once a model and its results are loaded.

It should behave as follows:

Retrieve the path of the loaded model, open a second window in the same instance, switch to HyperMesh, and import the model.

The script doesn’t return any error message; however, when I test it, it imports the model into HyperMesh, but then it disappears right after. If I run the script a second time, the model is imported and stays. I’m having trouble understanding why the script behaves this way.

Do you have any idea where my mistake might be?

My script :

catch {result_ctrl ReleaseHandle}

catch {model_handle ReleaseHandle}

catch {client ReleaseHandle}

catch {win ReleaseHandle}

catch {page ReleaseHandle}

catch {proj ReleaseHandle}

catch {sess ReleaseHandle}

catch {sess ReleaseHandle}

hwi OpenStack

hwi GetSessionHandle sess

sess GetProjectHandle proj

proj GetPageHandle page 1

page GetWindowHandle win 1

win GetClientHandle client

set modelID [client GetActiveModel]
client GetModelHandle model $modelID
set modelFilePath [model GetFileName]

puts "Chemin du modele charge : $modelFilePath"

hwc hwd page current layout=1

hwc hwd page current activewindow=2

hwc hwd window index=2 type=HyperMesh

*createstringarray 3 "Optistruct " " " "IMPORT_BY1COMP"
*feinputwithdata2 "\#optistruct\\optistruct" "$modelFilePath" 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 1 0

puts "DONE"

model ReleaseHandle

client ReleaseHandle

win ReleaseHandle

page ReleaseHandle

proj ReleaseHandle

sess ReleaseHandle

hwi CloseStack

Thanks in advance,

Best regards,

Thomas

Michael Herve

hello @Thomas_D ,

few thoughts here:

I would rely on postquery package to reduce the number of objects to be defined HyperView side:
https://help.altair.com/hwdesktop/hwd/topics/chapter_heads/hyperworks_general_class_r.htm

• You may need to insert a pause in your script before
  

*feinputwithdata2 "\#optistruct\\optistruct" "$modelFilePath" 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 1 0

• in order to make sure HyperMesh environment is fully loaded before importing the fem file

• for the sake of double checking, do you confirm that your Model File in HyperView is the fem file?

Regards,

Michael

Thomas_D

Michael,

thank you for your quick answer

• for the sake of double checking, do you confirm that your Model File in HyperView is the fem file?

Yes this is the same file

• You may need to insert a pause in your script before
  

*feinputwithdata2 "\#optistruct\\optistruct" "$modelFilePath" 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 1 0

I try to put "after 5000", but the result is still the same :/

The fact is, I see the model being loaded correctly, but after half a second, the window seems to reset itself.

Michael Herve

hello again,

do you have any optistruct.msg file generated in your HyperMesh start-in directory? If so, does it contain any error?

Also, for the sake of proposing Alternate strategies, what is the full picture of your script. What do you intend to do from the model once imported in HyperMesh?

Regards,

Michael