Customizing the Generation of CFD Meshes with Pointwise's Glyph Scripting

Macros and Templates Automate All or Parts of the Process

Pointwise's Glyph scripting language can be used to extend the software with custom commands and user interfaces.

Pointwise's Tcl-based scripting language, Glyph, provides customization capabilities for both the experienced analyst and the "design engineer". The experienced analyst will find that Glyph's commands cover the entire range of functionality available in Pointwise's GUI, allowing tricks and special techniques to be captured and made part of the organization's intellectual property. Designing engineers will appreciate the fact that Glyph may be used to create customized meshing applications for specific configurations, allowing them to automatically generate a mesh and apply CFD.

Glyph scripting is complemented with a journaling capability. Pointwise exports the Glyph form of each GUI command to a file for later editing and playback.

Read about how Glyph scripting can automate repetitive meshing tasks in this issue of the Pointwise Pointer.