Run Altair HyperWorks Products on Linux

Altair HyperWorks Product Invoke Scripts

The Altair HyperWorks product invoke scripts are located in <install_dir>/altair/scripts/.

They allow you to launch applications or utilities on Linux platforms with default environment variables. The following tasks can be performed using invoke scripts.

Launch Altair HyperWorks Products

The following scripts are used to launch Altair HyperWorks applications:
Command Options Description
acc Launch Altair Compute Console
TwinActivate Launch Twin Activate
Activate_batch Launch Twin Activate in batch mode
TwinActivate_Help Launch Twin Activate help
acusim* Establish AcuSolve Product environment
ams Launch Altair Manufacturing Solver
blanknest Launch BlankNesting
cadfeko Launch CADFEKO-model creator (geometry, mesh, configuration)
cadfeko_batch Launch command line model mesher
Compose Launch Compose
Compose_Batch Launch Compose in batch mode
Compose_Console Launch Compose console mode
Compose_Help Open Compose help
Compose_Jupyter Launch Compose Jupyter Notebook
edem Launch EDEM
editfeko Launch EDITFEKO-advanced text-based model creator
feko_launcher Run the Feko launcher
feko_update Run the Feko updater
feko_update_gui Run the Feko updater in GUI mode
FluxSupervisor Launch Flux Supervisor
help_hwcfdsolvers Open CFD Solvers local help
help_hwdesktop Open HyperWorks Desktop local help
help_hwsolvers Open Mechanical Solvers local help
hfsolver Launch Manufacturing Solutions/Radioss 1 Step
hg Launch HyperGraph
hm Launch HyperMesh
hmbatch -c<command filename>

-tcl <file>

 Launch HyperMesh using batch mode
hmcfd Launch HyperMesh CFD
hmdesktop Launch HyperMesh client from HyperWorks Desktop
hst Launch HyperStudy
hst -studyfile=<filename> Automatically read the file after launching HyperStudy
hstbatch Launch HyperStudy using batch mode
hstbatchgui Launch HyperStudy using batch mode with GUI
hstpy Initialize Python environment for HyperStudy
hv Launch HyperView
hvp Launch HyperView Player
hvmc Launch HyperView – MultiCore
hw_batchmesh Launch the BatchMesher user interface where you can interactively set up the required entries
hwnvh Launch HyperMesh NVH
hwx Launch HyperMesh
hx Launch HyperXtrude
hyperlife Launch HyperLife
hyperlifewc Launch HyperLife Weld Certification
Inspire Launch Inspire
Inspire_help Open Inspire help
mdl_batch -c<session filename> Launch MotionSolve using batch mode
mit Launch HyperGraph Model Identification tool
motionsolve Launch MotionSolve
motionsolve_jupyter Launch MotionSolve Jupyter Notebook
mview Launch MotionView
newfasant Launch newFASANT
nfx Launch nanoFluidX
optfeko Launch OPTFEKO-optimization engine
optistruct Launch OptiStruct
postfeko Launch POSTFEKO-solution visualizer (post-processor)
prefeko Launch PREFEKO-model pre-processor
queuefeko_gui Launch QUEUEFEKO GUI
radioss Launch Radioss
runfeko Launch the Feko solver
seam Launch Seam solver
SimLab2024 Launch SimLab
templex Template.tpl <output> Launch Templex
ufx Launch ultraFluidX
Note: *Source the .acusim file to establish the AcuSolve environment. Once the proper environment is set, you can launch executables from the command line.

Execute Translators or Tools

Command Options Descriptions
amfbuilder Launch AMF Builder to convert AVI files or a collection of image files to AMF movie files, which can be read by HyperView.
Note: The AMF Builder is only available for Windows PC.
batchassembler The Batch Assembler builds a finite element assembly using HyperMesh without user interaction. Details are documented in the Data Manager Batch Assembler section.
cad2h3d Translates any HyperMesh supported CAD file into an H3D (.h3d) file.
dads_graph Motion External Reader to convert DADS formatted output to Altair std. format
fatigueprep Translate h3d flexbody file to .fes file
feko_updater Launch Feko command line updater
feko_updater_gui Launch Feko updater in GUI Mode
fil2mrf Translate Abaqus result file (.fil) to Altair multibody result file (.mrf) for animation in HyperView, and/or Altair binary file (.abf) for plotting in HyperGraph, and/or tabulated ASCII file (.tab).
flexprep -<unit_option_list >

-METER

-SECOND

etc.

 Convert Nastran punch files, via ADAMS DMAP alters, to an Altair .h3d file.

Translate ADAMS MNF files to an Altair .h3d file. Converts an Altair .h3d file to an ADAMS MTX file.
hgadams Reads an ADAMS .req file into HyperGraph. Converts an ADAMS .req file to an Altair .abf file
hgares Translate ADAMS ASCII files (.res) to Altair binary files (.abf).
hgmrf Reads an Altair .mrf file into HyperGraph 2D.

Converts an Altair .mrf file to an Altair .abf file.
hgreq
-f
Specifies a file containing the number of requests in file.req to be translated.
 Translate ADAMS request files (.req) to Altair binary files (.abf).
hgtrans
-a
Quick translation option that translates all results to an ABF file without a config file.
-h
Displays the help.
-c
Config file name.
-o
Output file (ABF).
-z
Enables result compression using standard file compression.
 Translates HyperGraph plot and time history files to a compressed and platform independent ABF file.
hmabaqus
-u
Lists all the options
 Translate Abaqus .fil result file to HyperMesh binary result file format.
hmansys
-u
Lists all the options
Translate ANSYS .rst result file to HyperMesh binary result file format.
hmasl ASL translator to HyperMesh binary results.
hmcmold
-u
Lists all the options
Translate cmold result file to HyperMesh binary result file format.
hmdytran
-u
Lists all the options
Translate DYTRAN result file to HyperMesh result file format.
hmgenres
-d
Displacements
-s
Stresses
-ds - d and s
(default off)
-off
Displacement Offset (default off)
-lf
Long Float Files (default off)
-lid
Long Id Files (default off)
-disk
Translation is performed on disk (default off).
-size
Number of entities (10000 default)
-file
Scratch file name (default off)
 Hmresdmp reads a binary HyperMesh results file and displays it as ASCII.
hmmflow
-u
Lists all the options
Translate MOLDFLOW result file to HyperMesh result file format.
hmmadymo
-u
Lists all the options
Translate MADYMO result file to HyperMesh result file format.
hmmovie Translate MOVIEBYU ASCII results to HyperMesh Binary Results.
hmnast
-u
Lists all the options
Translate Nastran punch file to HyperMesh result file format.
hmnastf06
-u
Lists all the options
Translate Nastran f06 file to HyperMesh result file format.
hmnasto2
-u
Lists all the options
Translate Nastran OP2 file to HyperMesh result file format.
hmnastopt
-u
Lists all the options
Translate Nastran opt file to HyperMesh result file format.
hmnike
-u
Lists all the options
Translate LS-NIKE3D binary results files to HyperMesh binary results files.
hmpam
-u
Lists all the options
Translate PAM-CRASH result file to HyperMesh result file format.
hmpatran
-u
Lists all the options
Translate information from a PATRAN binary results file to HyperMesh result file format (limited support).
hmresdmp Translates an HyperMesh binary .res file to ASCII data.
hvtrans
-a
Quick translation option that translates all results to an .h3d file without a config file
-h
Displays the help.
-c
Config file name.
-o
Output file (H3D).
-z
Enables result compression using standard file compression.
-zh
Enables result compression using high file compression.
 Translates a solver result file to an .h3d file.
mvg
-m
Merges the following components into a single real component image named merged_name.
-c
Extracts the specified component from the input file.
-f
Reads the component list from the specified file.
-a
Specifies angle for edge detection.
A graphics translator that extracts components from an input file and creates an MotionView graphics file.

Linux Commands to Run HyperWorks Utilities

The following scripts are used to start HyperWorks utilities.

Command Options Description
abaqus_odb_upgrade -help Convert old version of Abaqus ODB result file to version 6.5 format.
hw_sysinfo This script outputs to stdout the operating system kernel level, architecture type, ram installed/used and display information.
hw_tclsh HyperWorks Tclsh interpreter
hw_wish HyperWorks Wish interpreter
hwtkstudio Launch HWTK Studio