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  • Open word document from PCL

    Hi, I could not open word document from below PCL commands. Please suggest. sys_get_env ( "CAPA_PATH", exe_path) exe_path = exe_path//"Help.docx" cmd2 = "cmd //c " // exe_path utl_process_spawn(cmd2, FALSE)
  • Getting Started with PCL

    Welcome to the new MSC Communities Forum for PCL and Patran Customization. This post provides a short list of key PCL documentation available on MSC's SimCompanion website. Every PCL developer should have these documents at their fingertips. Most questions…
  • Translation and Rotation Report Write

    Hello, what i am trying to do is report translation and Rotation forces into a single file so that i can then put them into excel. i have been messing around with the PCL code but i can not figure out how to keep the translational…
  • I recieve a PATRAN internal error (internal unknown opcode) while creating a point on an already existing point during my PCL run.

    I use overridemessage to create a point on an already existing point like below: ui_override_message(1000034, "YESTOALL") I have this situation in my routine in several places and it Works well. The following is a part of the session…
  • Get the latest result values

    Hi, I am importing the results using below PCL code and the file names remains same and value in the files are changed. But in the results case names are created as filename_1, filemane_2...Please suggest a method to get the latest case name…
  • Error while Creating pressure using fields. please see error description.

    FUNCTION field_pr() ## Variable Declaration STRING s_name[32] STRING type[32] STRING elm_type[32] INTEGER e_dim STRING a_kind[32] STRING elm[256](1) STRING ap_region[32] STRING field_name[256](1) STRING…