Msc. Patran pcl handbook In a Nutshell 7



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SC.Patran PCL Handbook

In a Nutshell 7

What is PCL? 7

What can PCL be used for? 8

How does PCL work? 9

All you really need to know is on this page! 10

Documentation 10

PCL for Everyone 11

Entering Equations 11

Entering Data 12

Session Files 13

Rebuilding Models 14

PCL for the More Adventurous 17

Parametric Modeling 17

Adding a Graphical User Interface, GUI 21

Exercise 1: Session Files 22

PCL Programming Basics 25

Overview 25

PCL Expressions 27

Expressions, Comments, Syntax Tips 27

Identifiers 29

Naming Conventions 29

Variable / Function Scope 30

Structure of a PCL Function 31

Function Basics 31

Simple PCL function Example 32

Exercise 2: Hello World! 34

Exercise 3: Effective PCL 35

PCL Operators 36

String comparisons 36

PCL Variables and Constants 37

Datatypes 37

Variable Scope 38

Directly Allocated Arrays 39

Virtual arrays 40

Virtual strings 42

Loop Control Statements 43

For Loop 43

While Loop 43

Repeat Loop 44

BREAK 45


CONTINUE 46

Exercise 4: Writing Files 47

Exercise 5: Reading Files 49

Conditional Control Statements 50

IF Statement 50

SWITCH Statement 51

Structure of a PCL Function 52

Compiling and Linking PCL Functions 55

Primary PCL Directives 56

Compiling PCL outside of MSC.Patran 60

Linking Compiled Libraries 61

Other PCL Directives 62

Start Up Files 63

Exercise 6: p3epilog.pcl 64

Debugging 65

Debugging Compile Errors 65

Debugging Runtime Errors 66

Accessing PCL Functions 68

From The Command Line 68

From Any MSC.Patran Form 69

PCL Functions with Field Variables 70

MSC.Patran Built-In Functions 71

Naming Conventions for Applications 72

Naming Conventions for Other Operations 73

Exercise 7: Group Elements By Shape 75

Graphical User Interface 77

The PCL Class Statement 78

PCL Widgets 79

Required Functions for Building/Displaying a Form 80

The init() Function 80

The display() Function 81

Widget Callbacks 84

What Are They? 84

What Are They Used For? 85

Callback Arguments (Widget Function Data) 85

Widget Placement 88

Widget Variables 90

Modifying Widgets 92

Getting Data from Widgets 93

Putting it all Together (Example) 95

Exercise 8: Simple Form 97

The C-Preprocessor and Include Files 98

Make Files 99

Exercise 9: Callbacks 101

Handling Errors and Messaging 103

Errors from Built-In Functions 103

Custom Error Messages 104

Using User Messages Database 104

Without a Messages Database 105

Taking Advantage of the UNDO Feature 107

Select Mechanism 108

Select Mechanism GUI Mechanics 108

Select Databoxes, Select Frames, and Select Menus 108

GUI PCL Example 110

List Processor 111

List Processor Mechanics 111

All You Really Need to Know 112

Exercise 10: Form to Group Elms By Shape 115

Executing Programs Outside of MSC.Patran 117

Spawning Remote Processes 117

Locking a database 119

Using C and Fortran executables to access a MSC.Patran database directly. 120

External Access of an MSC.Patran Database 121

Special Widgets 123

File Widget 123

Spreadsheet Widget 126

Exercise 11: File Widget 127

Adding Help/Description to your PCL 128

Percent Complete 129

Functions 129

Example 129

Event Manager 130

General 130

Functions 131

Example 131

Primitive Graphics 132

Graphic Objects 132

Graphic Segments 133

Example 134

Another Example 135

Exercise 12: Primitive Graphics 137

MSC.Patran Customization 138

Adding Utility Programs to the Main Menu 138

Example 139

Example: p3_user_menu.my_menu.def 141

Customizing the MSC.Patran Toolbar 143

Exercise 13: Pulldown Menu 146

Exercise 14: Toolbar 147

Some Final Thoughts 150

Appendix A 154

Built-in Function Examples 154

Documentation for a typical MSC.Patran built-in function. 155

To get all the nodes and their global coordinates 156

To get the topology of every element 157

To get the shape of every element 159

To get all the element connectivity for all elements 160

To get the elements associated to a particular element property set 161

To get an element property value (shell thickness) for a specific element 163

To get a material property value 167

To get a list of all groups 169

To get the nodes and elements associated to the current group 169

To get result values for specified elements 171

Appendix B 180

Strings & String Functions 180

Declaration 181

Initialization 181

String Comparisons 181

Functions 182

Appendix C 190

Noteworthy Functions 190

sys_move_raw(…) 191

mth_array_search(…) 192

mth_sort(…) 193

mth_sort_row(…) 194

mth_sort_column(…) 194

fem_geom_edge_length(…) 195

fem_geom_face_area(…) 195

fem_geom_elem_volume(…) 195

fem_geom_elem_location(…) 196

Appendix D 197

Form Spacing Parameters
(appforms.p) 197

* SPACING 198

Appendix E 223

MSC.Patran Architecture 223

Appendix F 225

Shareware Compiling Functions 225

Appendix G 228

Parametric Patran 228

Appendix H 234

Additional List Processor Notes 234

List Processor Mechanics 235

List Processor Functions 236

List Processor Sublist Functions 237

List Processor Attribute Functions 238

Miscellaneous List Processor Functions 239

List Processor Examples 240

Easy to Use List Processor Functions 244

Appendix I 246

Key Mapping 246

Appendix J 249

Widget Classification 249

Appendix K 253



User Defined AOM 253


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