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Mechanical scripting interface

NodalOrientation

Last update: 14.01.2025

class Ansys.ACT.Automation.Mechanical.BoundaryConditions.NodalOrientation

Bases: object

Defines a NodalOrientation.

Overview

Methods

Name Description
Activate Activate the current object.
AddComment Creates a new child Comment.
AddImage Creates a new child Image.
CopyTo Copies all visible properties from this object to another.
CreateParameter Creates a new parameter for a Property.
Delete Run the Delete action.
Duplicate Creates a copy of the current DataModelObject.
GetChildren Gets the list of children, filtered by type.
GetParameter Gets the parameter corresponding to the given property.
GroupAllSimilarChildren Run the GroupAllSimilarChildren action.
GroupSimilarObjects Run the GroupSimilarObjects action.
PropertyByAPIName Get a property by its API name.
PropertyByName Get a property by its unique name.
RemoveParameter Removes the parameter from the parameter set corresponding to the given property.

Properties

Name Description
Children Gets the list of children.
Comments Gets the list of associated comments.
CoordinateSystem Gets or sets the CoordinateSystem.
DataModelObjectCategory Gets the current DataModelObject’s category.
Images Gets the list of associated images.
InternalObject Gets the internal object. For advanced usage only.
Location Gets the Location.
Properties Gets the list of properties for this object.
Suppressed Gets or sets the Suppressed.
VisibleProperties Gets the list of properties that are visible for this object.

Property detail

property NodalOrientation.Children : List[Ansys.Mechanical.DataModel.Interfaces.IDataModelObject] | None

Gets the list of children.

property NodalOrientation.Comments : Iterable[Ansys.ACT.Automation.Mechanical.Comment] | None

Gets the list of associated comments.

property NodalOrientation.CoordinateSystem : Ansys.ACT.Automation.Mechanical.CoordinateSystem | None

Gets or sets the CoordinateSystem.

property NodalOrientation.DataModelObjectCategory : Ansys.Mechanical.DataModel.Enums.DataModelObjectCategory | None

Gets the current DataModelObject’s category.

property NodalOrientation.Images : Iterable[Ansys.ACT.Automation.Mechanical.Image] | None

Gets the list of associated images.

property NodalOrientation.InternalObject : Ansys.Common.Interop.DSObjectsAuto.IDSNodalRotationAuto | None

Gets the internal object. For advanced usage only.

property NodalOrientation.Location : Ansys.ACT.Interfaces.Common.ISelectionInfo | None

Gets the Location.

property NodalOrientation.Properties : tuple[Ansys.ACT.Automation.Mechanical.Property] | None

Gets the list of properties for this object.

property NodalOrientation.Suppressed : bool | None

Gets or sets the Suppressed.

property NodalOrientation.VisibleProperties : tuple[Ansys.ACT.Automation.Mechanical.Property] | None

Gets the list of properties that are visible for this object.

Method detail

NodalOrientation.Activate()

Activate the current object.

NodalOrientation.AddComment()

Creates a new child Comment.

NodalOrientation.AddImage(filePath: str)

Creates a new child Image.
If a filePath is provided, the image will be loaded from that file,
if not, the image will be a screen capture of the Geometry window.

NodalOrientation.CopyTo(other: Ansys.ACT.Automation.Mechanical.DataModelObject)

Copies all visible properties from this object to another.

NodalOrientation.CreateParameter(propName: str)

Creates a new parameter for a Property.

NodalOrientation.Delete()

Run the Delete action.

NodalOrientation.Duplicate()

Creates a copy of the current DataModelObject.

NodalOrientation.GetChildren(recurses: bool, children: List[ChildrenType])

Gets the list of children, filtered by type.

NodalOrientation.GetParameter(propName: str)

Gets the parameter corresponding to the given property.

NodalOrientation.GroupAllSimilarChildren()

Run the GroupAllSimilarChildren action.

NodalOrientation.GroupSimilarObjects()

Run the GroupSimilarObjects action.

NodalOrientation.PropertyByAPIName(name: str)

Get a property by its API name.
If multiple properties have the same API Name, only the first property with that name will be returned.

NodalOrientation.PropertyByName(name: str)

Get a property by its unique name.

NodalOrientation.RemoveParameter(propName: str)

Removes the parameter from the parameter set corresponding to the given property.