Using Compose to write scripts for Simlab
Hello,
I am trying to run a script for Simlab using the Python IDE in Compose. I run into issues with the very first line of code where I call: from hwx import simlab
I get an error in the Python window of Compose:
ImportError: cannot import name 'simlab' from 'hwx' (C:\Program Files\Altair\2025\Compose2025\hwx\scripts\python\hwx_init_.pyc)
Could you please suggest what could be the potential issue? I have Simlab and Compose 2025 installed on my system.
Thank you
Altair Employee@aashishahuja i assume you are using standalone compose and not from inside simlab? correct?
if you are using standalone Compose, you wont be having Simlab Access to execute your python script.
You can use Compose as an IDE from inside Simlab for creating,editing, debugging your simlab python script, here is the help pdf demonstrating steps on how to use.
Hello Manoj,
Thank you for your response. You are correct, that I was currently trying to run it as a standalone application. I would try to run it within Simlab using the instructions in PDF and hopefully that should resolve my issue.
Hello Manoj,
I see that there are clickable links in the pdf but unfortunately the pdf is an image and the links are not readable. Could you please include the links from the pdf here?
Thank you
Altair EmployeeHi Aashish,
you can access the pdf from simlab help page.. from the product you can click on F1 to launch help and search for "interactive play with compose" . But here are the links from the PDF..
https://altair-2.wistia.com/medias/pjl9cmvn2y
Altair Employeei believe Compose does not have direct access to SimLab APIs. So you can use it to write the code, but not run it directly, except launching the code in SL directly.
Altair Employee@aashishahuja i assume you are using standalone compose and not from inside simlab? correct?
if you are using standalone Compose, you wont be having Simlab Access to execute your python script.
You can use Compose as an IDE from inside Simlab for creating,editing, debugging your simlab python script, here is the help pdf demonstrating steps on how to use.
i believe Compose does not have direct access to SimLab APIs. So you can use it to write the code, but not run it directly, except launching the code in SL directly.