Introduction to Scripting in Pointwise

In this Let’s Talk Meshing video, we present a basic introduction to scripting in Pointwise and lay the framework for customization of the meshing process through scripts. Scripting in Pointwise is accomplished with Glyph, an extension of Tcl. We present suggested practices for developing scripts, as well as provide references and techniques for determining the relevant scripting commands and syntax. We begin with the basic syntax of both Tcl and Glyph and then dissect a script from Pointwise’s journal to demonstrate the ease of getting started with scripting. How to participate during the Q&A on February 11, 2015 at 10 am CST: YouTube: Submit questions in the comments section below, and our engineers will answer them there. (Reminder: YouTube requires you to have a Google+ account to comment.) Twitter: #LetsTalkMeshing is a live streaming conversation on Twitter. (Reminder: Twitter requires you to have an account to comment.) Email: Submit questions to [email protected]. The script used in the video can be found at: SqueezeCon (https://github.com/pointwise/SqueezeCon) Table of Contents: 0:10 – Benefits and types of scripts 1:27 – Tcl basics 3:43 – Basic scripting example 5:57 – Executing a script in Pointwise 6:43 – Scripting command references 7:32 – Glyph manual 9:38 – Identifying scriptable actions 12:07 – Getting Glyph commands from the GUI 13:54 – Journaling 16:09 – Scripting example 19:37 – Entity selection through a script 24:35 – Getting location data from connector 25:42 – Vector math 27:13 – Applying transformations