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
hmcfdgsp	`./hmcfdgsp -h` `./hmcfdgsp <path to gspParams.json>`	Launch hwcfdGsp to perform Gsp analysis and generate a .gsph5 file, which can be loaded into HWCFD Post for visualization
hmcfdreport	./hmcfdReport -h ./hmcfdReport input_file <path to Image file> run_directory <path to output folder>	Launch hwcfdReport to perform automatic report generation based on HWCFD Post
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
hyperlifecg		Launch HyperLife Crack Growth
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
SimLab2024.1		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