MSC.Laminate Modeler can be run from a session file if required. The session file should contain calls to the public PCL functions defined in the next section. These functions correspond to user interface forms in the usual way. If required, the contents of a session file can be modified manually before being replayed to change the layup.

Replaying a session file also allows the user to remesh surfaces if area selection is done by reference to geometrical entities, such as <Surface 4 8>. However, care must be taken with the selection of the start point and the reference direction to make sure that they correspond to the remeshed model.

Note that running a session file will be slightly different from undertaking an interactive run because the forms will not appear or be filled with the corresponding data.

It is also advisable to change the full path names for the files to just the file names. For example: “/usr/people/demo/test/testrun. Layup” becomes “testrun.Layup”.