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Mechanical scripting interface

HoffmanSettings

Last update: 14.01.2025

class Ansys.ACT.Automation.Mechanical.Results.CompositeFailureResults.HoffmanSettings

Bases: object

Defines the configuration for the Hoffman failure criterion for reinforced materials.

Overview

Methods

Name Description
Reset Resets the settings to their default values.

Properties

Name Description
FailureDimension Gets or sets whether the failure criterion is evaluated only in-plane (2D),
WeightingFactor Gets or sets the weighting factor for the failure criterion.

Property detail

property HoffmanSettings.FailureDimension : Ansys.Mechanical.DataModel.MechanicalEnums.CompositeFailure.FailureDimension | None

Gets or sets whether the failure criterion is evaluated only in-plane (2D), : or also in the out-of-plane direction (3D).

property HoffmanSettings.WeightingFactor : float | None

Gets or sets the weighting factor for the failure criterion. : The corresponding failure label is ‘ho’.

Method detail

HoffmanSettings.Reset()

Resets the settings to their default values.