Scripting in HFSS - particulary Python if you have used it.

drkirkby said:

We are looking to buy a Linux version of an EM simulator, and HFSS is certainly being seriously considered. But I happened to ask Agilent what they see as the advantages of EMPro (their tool), over HFSS. One they pointed out what the EMPro uses Python for scripting, whereas HFSS uses Visual Basic. Now since I'd want a linux version, Visual Basic would be most unattractive.

I asked Ansys about this, who assure me you can use Python scripting in HFSS. But in the 300 and odd page HFSS manual on scripting, its all about VB and nothing about Python. I'm attending an advanced HFSS course later this month, and I'm told the lecturer will add something on Python scripting. But I'm still a bit concerned that Python might not be as well supported as Visual Basic.

Has anyone here used Python in HFSS? Have you used Visual basic for your scripts? Have you ever written a script for HFSS?

I'm a bit concerned about what I personally perceive as lack of support for Linux for HFSS. It is supposed to be supported in Redhat 4 and 5, but actually I could never get it to work under Redhat 5, due to the irritating FLEXlm license manager. The documentation for the license manager says it supports Redhat 3 and 4, with no mention of 5. I was sent a document by Ansys on installing HFSS on Redhat 5 and Ubuntu, but it was all about Ubuntu. Extensive use was made of "apt-get", despite no such command exists in Redhat. The equivalent is "yum"

Dave

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function toVB(jsArray) {
   var dict = new ActiveXObject("Scripting.Dictionary");
   for (var i = 0; i < jsArray.length; i++) {
      dict.add(i, jsArray[i]);
   }
   return dict.Items();
}

kato said:

Spider gives me errors, like "invalid syntax for the simple like "Dim oAnsoftApp"

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