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*Tab()
Adds a tab to a tabbed form.

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API, Reference Guides
Overview of external readers and the Altair Binary Format, the generic ASCII reader, running applications in batch mode, using Tcl/Tk commands, translators, and result math.
- Extensions
  Extensions are programs integrated with the application to enhance or extend the user experience.
- External Readers and Altair Binary Format
  Altair Binary Format (ABF) is the standard binary format read by the program. A library called abflib allows you to create files in ABF.
- Generic ASCII Reader
  A generic ASCII reader is now available which allows you to bring custom results directly into HyperView. The Altair ASCII format is useful for reading the results of any in-house or propriety codes which are saved in a generic format.
- Batch Mode
  Batch mode allows you perform a series of operations outside the program interface.
- External Resources
  External resources can be registered in preference files, session files, or Templex files. If an external resource is registered in a program session, it is automatically registered in the session file when the session is saved.
- Python API
  The Python API documentation for HyperMesh applications.
- Tcl/Tk Commands
  The application's scripting interface is a set of Tcl/Tk commands that follow a simple and consistent syntax.
- Translators
  Translators are utilities that are run from the command line of the operating system to convert various types of files into different formats.
- Result Math
  XML commands in the Result Math Module.
- HWC Console
  Record playback workflows in the application.
- HyperMesh Report
- Task Manager
  Use the Task Manager to load an XML file that defines tasks and their attributes.
- HyperMesh
- MotionView
  - Model Definition Language (MDL)
    - MDL Model Statements
      Reference to all MDL statements and blocks that can be used to model a mechanical system.
    - Model Functions
      In MotionView, math or string functions can be used in property fields. These functions help in setting the value of the property that could range from simple arithmetic calculations to complex math equations. These functions also help in setting parametric relations to other properties.
    - MDL Command Set Statements
      MDL command set statements are used to create a solver command file when a solver input deck is exported from MotionView. A command set can contain MDL command set statements, Templex templates, or a combination of both. The commands in a command set are exported to the solver command file.
    - Wizard Description Statements
      - *Attach()
        Provides a list of possible attachments for the corresponding *Attachment() statement in a *Define System() block.
      - *BeginForm()
        Indicates the beginning of a form block inside a *DefineAnalysis() block.
      - *BeginPanel()
        Indicates the beginning of a panel definition block.
      - *BeginRadioGroup()
        Creates a radio group.
      - *BeginSystem()
        Begins a selectable system block inside a system group for systems with attachments.
      - *BeginSystemGroup()
        Creates a system group.
      - *BeginTabbedForm()
        Begins a tabbed form block inside a *DefineAnalysis() block.
      - *BeginTask()
        Begins a block for a selectable analysis task inside a task group.
      - *BeginTaskGroup()
        Creates a task group.
      - *EndForm()
        Indicates the end of a form or tabbed form block inside a *DefineAnalysis() block.
      - *EndGroup()
        Completes a preceding group block beginning with a *Begin() statement.
      - *EndPanel()
        Identifies the end of a panel definition block.
      - *EndSystem()
        Completes a preceding system block beginning with a *BeginSystem() statement.
      - *EndTabbedForm()
        Indicates the end of a tabbed form definition block.
      - *EndTask()
        Completes the preceding *BeginTask() block.
      - *Item()
        Creates a selection in a radio group.
      - *Prompt() - Wizard Statement
        Specifies instructional text for panel or form selections.
      - *System() - Wizard Statement
        Adds a selectable system to a system group.
      - *Tab()
        Adds a tab to a tabbed form.
    - Custom Wizard Statements
      Custom wizards allow you to define data processing wizards for use in MotionView sessions. Custom wizards can access data from, and output data to, files and curves in a session using data sets, templates, user-defined forms, curves, procedures and systems.
    - MDL Variables, Implicit Entities, and Templex
      MDL variables, implicit entities, and Templex statements that can be used while creating an entity or expressions in MDL models.
  - Tire Modeling
    Tires are critical elements to modeling a vehicle’s interaction with a road, with some tire models better suited to specific simulation domains.
  - MDL Library Reference Guide
    Overview of the MDL Library reference guide.
- Templex and Math Reference Guide
- Script and Model Library
  The Script and Model Library is a database of freely accessible scripts and models posted by users and Altair engineers.

*Tab()

Adds a tab to a tabbed form.

Syntax

*Tab("tab_name")

Arguments

tab_name: Name which appears on the tab.; Type: string
form_name: The variable name of a form inside the *DefineAnalysis() block specified in the *BeginTask() statement.; Type: varname

Example

*BeginTabbedForm()
   *Title("Solver Parameters")
      *Prompt("Edit solver parameters")
         *Tab("Equil", sys_solver.frm_equil)
         *Tab("IC", sys_solver.frm_ic)
         *Tab("Debug", sys_solver.frm_debug)
         *Tab("Output", sys_solver.frm_out_opt)
         *Tab("Result", sys_solver.frm_results)
*EndForm()

Context

*BeginTabbedForm()