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Mechanical scripting interface

InitialConditions

Last update: 14.01.2025

class Ansys.ACT.Automation.Mechanical.InitialConditions

Bases: object

Defines a InitialConditions.

Overview

Methods

Name Description
Activate Activate the current object.
AddComment Creates a new child Comment.
AddFigure Creates a new child Figure.
AddImage Creates a new child Image.
CopyTo Copies all visible properties from this object to another.
CreateParameter Creates a new parameter for a Property.
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.
InsertAngularVelocity Creates a new Angular Velocity
InsertDropHeight Creates a new Drop Height
InsertVelocity Creates a new Velocity
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.
DataModelObjectCategory Gets the current DataModelObject’s category.
Figures Gets the list of associated figures.
Images Gets the list of associated images.
InternalObject Gets the internal object. For advanced usage only.
Properties Gets the list of properties for this object.
VisibleProperties Gets the list of properties that are visible for this object.

Property detail

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

Gets the list of children.

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

Gets the list of associated comments.

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

Gets the current DataModelObject’s category.

property InitialConditions.Figures : Iterable[Ansys.ACT.Automation.Mechanical.Figure] | None

Gets the list of associated figures.

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

Gets the list of associated images.

property InitialConditions.InternalObject : Ansys.Common.Interop.DSObjectsAuto.IDSInitialConditionGroupAuto | None

Gets the internal object. For advanced usage only.

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

Gets the list of properties for this object.

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

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

Method detail

InitialConditions.Activate()

Activate the current object.

InitialConditions.AddComment()

Creates a new child Comment.

InitialConditions.AddFigure()

Creates a new child Figure.

InitialConditions.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.

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

Copies all visible properties from this object to another.

InitialConditions.CreateParameter(propName: str)

Creates a new parameter for a Property.

InitialConditions.Duplicate()

Creates a copy of the current DataModelObject.

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

Gets the list of children, filtered by type.

InitialConditions.GetParameter(propName: str)

Gets the parameter corresponding to the given property.

InitialConditions.GroupAllSimilarChildren()

Run the GroupAllSimilarChildren action.

InitialConditions.GroupSimilarObjects()

Run the GroupSimilarObjects action.

InitialConditions.InsertAngularVelocity()

Creates a new Angular Velocity

InitialConditions.InsertDropHeight()

Creates a new Drop Height

InitialConditions.InsertVelocity()

Creates a new Velocity

InitialConditions.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.

InitialConditions.PropertyByName(name: str)

Get a property by its unique name.

InitialConditions.RemoveParameter(propName: str)

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