Msc. Patran pcl handbook In a Nutshell 7
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M 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
* 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 Directory: patran patran -> Review and Study Packet patran -> Georgia changed its state flag in 1956 patran -> Transition & Career Assessment: Looking at the Whole Student pa community on Transition Videoconference: January 20, 2010 Activity 1: What Do We Know and Learn from our Current Assessment Practices? Download 1.08 Mb. Share with your friends:
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