hfVisualizer Remote Control Recipes

hfVisualizer: Connect to a running window

hfVisualizer --remote list
hfVisualizer --remote status
hfVisualizer --remote focus

hfVisualizer: Open a model and save it again

hfVisualizer --remote open D:\Work\model.h5.hdb
hfVisualizer --remote save
hfVisualizer --remote save D:\Work\model_copy.h5.hdb

hfVisualizer: Change the view without editing the model

hfVisualizer --remote representation wireframe
hfVisualizer --remote transparency on
hfVisualizer --remote --view-id r1 display-control grid off
hfVisualizer --remote display-control grid off
hfVisualizer --remote camera fit
hfVisualizer --remote write-scene D:\Work\scene.png
hfVisualizer --remote write-program-shot D:\Work\program.png

hfVisualizer: Select objects and work on the current selection

hfVisualizer --remote select node 1:10
hfVisualizer --remote select edge "17-42-23" --mode union
hfVisualizer --remote visibility node 1:10 off
hfVisualizer --remote node-delete __selected__

hfVisualizer: Run analysis and review results

hfVisualizer --remote run-analysis --ncpu 8
hfVisualizer --remote post-step "LC1-DeadLoad"
hfVisualizer --remote post-frame 3
hfVisualizer --remote post-plot contour on
hfVisualizer --remote post-scalar "S.Mises" 85
hfVisualizer --remote post-display scalarbar on

hfVisualizer: Save and replay a command script

hfVisualizer --remote script-save D:\Work\last_session.ipc.txt
hfVisualizer --remote script D:\Work\last_session.ipc.txt