Mechanical scripting interface 2025

`PartTransform`

Last update: 16.07.2025

class Ansys.ACT.Automation.Mechanical.PartTransform

Bases: object

Defines a PartTransform.

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.
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.
TransformGeometry TransformGeometry method.

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.
DefineBy Gets or sets the DefineBy.
Figures Gets the list of associated figures.
Images Gets the list of associated images.
InternalObject Gets the internal object. For advanced usage only.
Location Gets or sets the Location.
Properties Gets the list of properties for this object.
RotationX Gets or sets the RotationX.
RotationY Gets or sets the RotationY.
RotationZ Gets or sets the RotationZ.
ScopingMethod Gets or sets the ScopingMethod.
SourceCoordinateSystem Gets or sets the SourceCoordinateSystem.
Suppressed Gets or sets the Suppressed.
TargetCoordinateSystem Gets or sets the TargetCoordinateSystem.
TranslationX Gets or sets the TranslationX.
TranslationY Gets or sets the TranslationY.
TranslationZ Gets or sets the TranslationZ.
VisibleProperties Gets the list of properties that are visible for this object.

Property detail

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

Gets the list of children.

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

Gets the list of associated comments.

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

Gets or sets the CoordinateSystem.

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

Gets the current DataModelObject’s category.

property PartTransform.DefineBy : Ansys.Mechanical.DataModel.Enums.PartTransformationDefinitionType | None

Gets or sets the DefineBy.

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

Gets the list of associated figures.

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

Gets the list of associated images.

property PartTransform.InternalObject : Ansys.Common.Interop.DSObjectsAuto.IDSPartTransformAuto | None

Gets the internal object. For advanced usage only.

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

Gets or sets the Location.

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

Gets the list of properties for this object.

property PartTransform.RotationX : Ansys.Core.Units.Quantity | None

Gets or sets the RotationX.

property PartTransform.RotationY : Ansys.Core.Units.Quantity | None

Gets or sets the RotationY.

property PartTransform.RotationZ : Ansys.Core.Units.Quantity | None

Gets or sets the RotationZ.

property PartTransform.ScopingMethod : Ansys.Mechanical.DataModel.Enums.GeometryDefineByType | None

Gets or sets the ScopingMethod.

property PartTransform.SourceCoordinateSystem : Ansys.ACT.Automation.Mechanical.CoordinateSystem | None

Gets or sets the SourceCoordinateSystem.

property PartTransform.Suppressed : bool | None

Gets or sets the Suppressed.

property PartTransform.TargetCoordinateSystem : Ansys.ACT.Automation.Mechanical.CoordinateSystem | None

Gets or sets the TargetCoordinateSystem.

property PartTransform.TranslationX : Ansys.Core.Units.Quantity | None

Gets or sets the TranslationX.

property PartTransform.TranslationY : Ansys.Core.Units.Quantity | None

Gets or sets the TranslationY.

property PartTransform.TranslationZ : Ansys.Core.Units.Quantity | None

Gets or sets the TranslationZ.

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

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

Method detail

PartTransform.Activate() → None

Activate the current object.

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

Creates a new child Comment.

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

Creates a new child Figure.

PartTransform.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.

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

Copies all visible properties from this object to another.

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

Creates a new parameter for a Property.

PartTransform.Delete() → None

Run the Delete action.

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

Creates a copy of the current DataModelObject.

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

Gets the list of children, filtered by type.

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

Gets the parameter corresponding to the given property.

PartTransform.GroupAllSimilarChildren() → None

Run the GroupAllSimilarChildren action.

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

Run the GroupSimilarObjects action.

PartTransform.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.

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

Get a property by its unique name.

PartTransform.RemoveParameter(propName: str) → None

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

PartTransform.TransformGeometry() → None

TransformGeometry method.

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