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Mechanical scripting interface 2025

`Measures`

Last update: 16.07.2025

class Ansys.ACT.Automation.Mechanical.Measures

Bases: object

Defines a Measures.

Overview

Methods

Name Description
Activate Activate the current object.
AddComment Creates a new child Comment.
AddCompositeCriterion Creates a new CompositeCriterion
AddFigure Creates a new child Figure.
AddImage Creates a new child Image.
AddPrimaryCriterion Creates a new PrimaryCriterion
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.
EvaluateAllResults Evaluate all measures.
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.
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 Measures.Children : List[Ansys.Mechanical.DataModel.Interfaces.IDataModelObject] | None

Gets the list of children.

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

Gets the list of associated comments.

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

Gets the current DataModelObject’s category.

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

Gets the list of associated figures.

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

Gets the list of associated images.

property Measures.InternalObject : Ansys.Common.Interop.DSObjectsAuto.IDSMeasureGroupAuto | None

Gets the internal object. For advanced usage only.

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

Gets the list of properties for this object.

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

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

Method detail

Measures.Activate() → None

Activate the current object.

Measures.AddComment() → Ansys.ACT.Automation.Mechanical.Comment

Creates a new child Comment.

Measures.AddCompositeCriterion() → Ansys.ACT.Automation.Mechanical.CompositeCriterion

Creates a new CompositeCriterion

Measures.AddFigure() → Ansys.ACT.Automation.Mechanical.Figure

Creates a new child Figure.

Measures.AddImage(filePath: str) → Ansys.ACT.Automation.Mechanical.Image

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.

Measures.AddPrimaryCriterion() → Ansys.ACT.Automation.Mechanical.PrimaryCriterion

Creates a new PrimaryCriterion

Measures.CopyTo(other: Ansys.ACT.Automation.Mechanical.DataModelObject) → None

Copies all visible properties from this object to another.

Measures.CreateParameter(propName: str) → Ansys.ACT.Interfaces.Mechanical.IParameter

Creates a new parameter for a Property.

Measures.Delete() → None

Run the Delete action.

Measures.Duplicate() → Ansys.Mechanical.DataModel.Interfaces.IDataModelObject

Creates a copy of the current DataModelObject.

Measures.EvaluateAllResults() → None

Evaluate all measures.

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

Gets the list of children, filtered by type.

Measures.GetParameter(propName: str) → Ansys.ACT.Interfaces.Mechanical.IParameter

Gets the parameter corresponding to the given property.

Measures.GroupAllSimilarChildren() → None

Run the GroupAllSimilarChildren action.

Measures.GroupSimilarObjects() → Ansys.ACT.Automation.Mechanical.TreeGroupingFolder

Run the GroupSimilarObjects action.

Measures.PropertyByAPIName(name: str) → Ansys.ACT.Automation.Mechanical.Property

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.

Measures.PropertyByName(name: str) → Ansys.ACT.Automation.Mechanical.Property

Get a property by its unique name.

Measures.RemoveParameter(propName: str) → None

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

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