Starting HyperWorks Applications

This section covers how to:

• Invoke a HyperWorks application

• Start a HyperWorks application through batch mode

• Establish shortcuts for starting applications

• Obtain a list of arguments for an application

2.4a Invoke a HyperWorks Application on Linux or Mac OS X Terminal

All HyperWorks applications start by running the appropriate script from the

<install_location>/altair/scripts directory. The scripts directory contains the launch procedure for each HyperWorks application and tools such as hvtrans. In addition, it contains the /invoke sub-directory where various sub-procedures used by the launch procedures are stored.

The general start command to enter at the UNIX prompt is:

<install_location>/altair/scripts/<script name>

where <script name> is the script name associated with the particular application and the optional [file name] applies to the applications that require an input file when they start.

For example, to start HyperMesh you would enter the following at the prompt:

<install_location>/altair/scripts/hm

The following scripts are used to launch HyperWorks applications:

Command Options Descriptions

acusim Launch AcuSolve Product environment

basicfea Launch BasicFEA profile

blanknest Launch BlankNesting

cadfeko Launch CADFEKO

editfeko Launch EDITFEKO

es_aerospace Launch Engineering Solutions/Aerospace

profile

es_basicfea Launch Engineering Solutions/Aerospace

profile

es_cfd Launch Engineering Solutions/CFD

es_crash Launch Engineering Solutions/Crash profile

es_droptest Launch Engineering Solutions/Drop Test

es_nvh Launch Engineering Solutions/NVH

feko_help Launch FEKO help

feko_update Launch command line FEKO updater

feko_updchecker_

gui Launch GUI FEKO updater

hc Launch HyperCrash

help (Linux only) Launch Help from command line

hfsolver Launch Manufacturing Solutions/RADIOSS 1

Step

hg Launch HyperGraph

hm Launch HyperMesh

hmath Launch HyperMath

hmathbatch Launch HyperMath in batch mode

hmathserv Launch HyperMath Results Visualization

Services hmbatch -c<command filename>

-tcl <file>

Launch HyperMesh using batch mode

hmdesktop Launch HyperMesh client from HyperWorks

Desktop

hst -studyfile= <filename> Automatically read the file after launching HyperStudy

hstbatch Launch HyperStudy using batch mode

hv Launch HyperView

hvp Launch HyperView Player

hw_batchmesh Launch the Batch Mesher user interface where

you can interactively set up the required entries

hx Launch HyperXtrude solver

mdl_batch -c<session filename> Launch MotionSolve using batch mode

mfs_forging Launch Manufacturing Solutions/Forging

application

mfs_hf Launch Manufacturing Solutions/HyperForm

application

mfs_hx Launch Manufacturing Solutions/HyperXtrude

application

mfs_hypermold Launch Manufacturing Solutions/HyperMold

application

mfs_hyperweld Launch Manufacturing Solutions/HyperWeld

application

mit Launch Model Identification Tool

motionsolve Launch MotionSolve

motionsolve_subro

utine_builder Launch MotionSolve Subroutine Builder tool

mview Launch MotionView

optfeko Launch OPTFEKO

optistruct Launch OptiStruct

ossmooth Launch OSSmooth

pmstudio Launch Process Studio

postfeko Launch POSTFEKO

prefeko Launch PREFEKO

queuefeko_gui Launch QUEUEFEKO

radioss Launch RADIOSS

resmap Launch HyperWorks Results Mapper

runfeko Launch RUNFEKO

SimLab13.2 Simlab14.0

Launch SimLab

templex Template.tpl <output> Launch Templex

On Linux and Mac OS X running a Windowing Manger, the products can be invoked from an icon type shortcut by double clicking the icon of the product you wish to launch.

On Linux, you will need to install the shortcut icons by using the script

<install_location>/altair/LinuxMenu/install_menu.sh

with the –i option to install or –u to uninstall the shortcut icons for that installation.

On Mac OS X, the icons are created by default and can be found in the chosen installation directory (with the .app extension).

2.4b Obtain a List of Arguments for an Application on Linux

To obtain a list of arguments and their descriptions, add -help to the start command. For example, to obtain a list of arguments for HyperMesh, enter the following at the command prompt:

<install_location>/altair/scripts/hm –help

The application returns a list of the available arguments and what they do.

2.4c Invoke a HyperWorks Application on Windows

The installation process creates a HyperWorks group available from the Start menu in Programs. The folder containing the applications receives a default name by the Altair HyperWorks installation wizard.

Most applications can be started using the following instructions. The example below uses the default settings.

1. Click Start and select Programs.

2. From the Programs menu click Altair HyperWorks 14.0.

3. Select from the list the name of the program you want to run.

2.4d Change the Default Working Directory on Windows

The default working directory specified by a HyperWorks application is C:\Users\[UserID]\Documents.

Perform the following steps if you would like to change the default working directory.

1. Click Start and select Programs.

2. From the Programs menu click Altair HyperWorks 14.0.

3. Open the current version of HyperWorks to see the available applications.

4. Right-click on the HyperWorks application for which you want to set the working directory.

5. From the menu, select Properties.

6. Select the Shortcut tab.

7. In the Start in text box, enter the explicit path name of the folder from which you want to run the HyperWorks application.

8. Click OK.

Your user files are created in the directory specified in Step 7.

For example, if you had selected HyperMesh, the command.cmf and hmmenu.set would go to this directory.

If you create a shortcut directly from the <install_location>\application\bin directory, the start in directory of the shortcut will be from that directory. We recommend that you change the start in path to: "%userprofile%\documents" or any directory you prefer.