In order to run Ext API applications on Windows, it is necessary to set the
ALTAIR_HOME environment variable to the
HyperWorks install location. For paths with spaces, do not use quotes.
For example:
ALTAIR_HOME=C:\Program Files\Altair\2021\hwdesktop\
In order to run Ext API applications on
Linux, the required
HyperWorks environment is setup by the
ALTAIR_HOME/altair/scripts/hm_extapi link. The following syntax can
be
used:
hm_extapi <application> <arg1> <arg2> ... <argN>
It is often necessary to set the
HM_OGL_STUB environment variable to
1. This disables OpenGL commands on machines where there is no graphics card. If necessary,
this should be defined before running
hm_extapi as described above. For
example:
setenv HM_OGL_STUB 1
hm_extapi <application> <arg1> <arg2> ... <argN>