API and Customization

New Features

  • Python API Recording
    • On-demand recording of graphical user interface actions in the HyperMesh client.
    • Advanced entity selection capturing.
    • Parametrization of the generated code.

Enhancements

  • Entity constructor now supports any attribute type as a keyword argument (previously limited to floats, integers, and strings).
  • Enhanced Collection class instance methods:
    • New filter and intersect methods.
    • You can directly supply an entity object to the contains method.
  • CollectionByInteractiveSelection supports defining a user message.
  • Added new entity class method getentitylist to create an empty entity list.
  • Tabular entity attributes are now supported.
  • All attributes returning a list of numerical values now return a NumPy array when queried.
  • Creation of HyperMesh Post Derived Load Cases (DLCs) is now supported.
  • Added new functions providing interactive widgets:
    • PlaneByInteractiveSelection - returns a dictionary with plane base and normal coordinates.
    • EntityListByInteractiveSelection - returns a list of entity objects.
    • EntityByInteractiveSelection - returns a single entity object.
  • New functions hm_count, imprint_mesh, hm_getactiveplotcontrolmaxvalue, hm_getactiveplotcontrolminvalue, hm_getactiveplotcontrolvalues_bycollection, and hm_getactiveplotcontrolvalues_byentity.

Known Issues

  • Certain entity attributes are not yet accessible via the Python API. The coverage will be continuously improved over the coming releases.

Resolved Issues

  • Executing scripts via File > Load or via drag-and-drop works correctly now.
  • All entity subclasses are supported by functions populating a collection or a collectionset object.
  • Passing and empty collection to CollectionByAttached caused a segmentation error. This issue has been resolved.
  • When defining collections of load classes (LoadForce, LoadPressure, and so on), the specified entity class is now correctly respected.
  • Collection objects contain the correct entities when constructed by using a list of entity IDs in a form of a NumPy array.
  • The plane_base and plane_normal argument names have been corrected for all functions using a plane definition as an input argument.
  • CollectionByInteractiveSelection was not working correctly for certain entity classes. This issue has been addressed.