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Mechanical scripting interface

DirectMorph

Last update: 14.01.2025

class Ansys.ACT.Automation.Mechanical.DirectMorph

Bases: object

Defines a DirectMorph.

Overview

Methods

Name Description
Activate Activate the current object.
Clear clear morph control
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.
Generate Generate morph control
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.
DataModelObjectCategory Gets the current DataModelObject’s category.
DisplacementFile Gets or sets the DisplacementFile.
InternalObject Gets the internal object. For advanced usage only.
Location Gets or sets the Location.
Properties Gets the list of properties for this object.
ScaleFactor Gets or sets the ScaleFactor.
Suppressed Gets or sets the Suppressed.
VisibleProperties Gets the list of properties that are visible for this object.

Property detail

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

Gets the list of children.

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

Gets the current DataModelObject’s category.

property DirectMorph.DisplacementFile : str | None

Gets or sets the DisplacementFile.

property DirectMorph.InternalObject : Ansys.Common.Interop.DSObjectsAuto.IDSDirectMorphAuto | None

Gets the internal object. For advanced usage only.

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

Gets or sets the Location.

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

Gets the list of properties for this object.

property DirectMorph.ScaleFactor : float | None

Gets or sets the ScaleFactor.

property DirectMorph.Suppressed : bool | None

Gets or sets the Suppressed.

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

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

Method detail

DirectMorph.Activate()

Activate the current object.

DirectMorph.Clear()

clear morph control

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

Copies all visible properties from this object to another.

DirectMorph.CreateParameter(propName: str)

Creates a new parameter for a Property.

DirectMorph.Delete()

Run the Delete action.

DirectMorph.Duplicate()

Creates a copy of the current DataModelObject.

DirectMorph.Generate()

Generate morph control

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

Gets the list of children, filtered by type.

DirectMorph.GetParameter(propName: str)

Gets the parameter corresponding to the given property.

DirectMorph.GroupAllSimilarChildren()

Run the GroupAllSimilarChildren action.

DirectMorph.GroupSimilarObjects()

Run the GroupSimilarObjects action.

DirectMorph.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.

DirectMorph.PropertyByName(name: str)

Get a property by its unique name.

DirectMorph.RemoveParameter(propName: str)

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