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Calculating hotspots in the Additive Manufacturing DED process
abel.ramos@ansys.com | 04.28.2025
This example demonstrates the creation of a complete Mechanical Extension to showcase the use of Ansys scripting capabilities for calculating residual hotspots in the Additive Manufacturing Direct Energy Deposition (DED) process.
Getting started with classes in Python Part 10: Inheritance
james.derrick@ansys.com | 04.02.2025
This article concludes a ten-part series on classes in python. The final topic covers inheritance, focusing on 'subclassing' and inheriting.
Getting started with classes in Python Part 9: `__str__` vs `__repr__`
james.derrick@ansys.com | 02.24.2025
As our series on python classes continues we will delve into a simple example of how to leverage two dunder methods covered in the previous article, which are used "under the hood" to perform much of the day-to-day business logic in Python.
Getting started with classes in Python Part 8: "dunder"
james.derrick@ansys.com | 01.29.2025
This series on classes in Python continues. This article introduces "dunder" methods and how they might apply to classes.
Getting started with classes in Python Part 7: getters and setters
james.derrick@ansys.com | 01.21.2025
Here we are with Part 7 in this series on classes in Python. This article covers setters (the method on a class that sets a property) and getters (which gets the property).
Getting started with classes in Python Part 6: Public, Private and Super-Private Naming
james.derrick@ansys.com | 12.30.2024
Part six of ten in this series on classes in Python covers the levels of obfuscation available in Python: private and super-private.
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