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Mechanical scripting interface 2025

`BeamTool`

Last update: 16.07.2025

class Ansys.ACT.Automation.Mechanical.Results.BeamToolResults.BeamTool

Bases: object

Defines a BeamTool.

Overview

Methods

Name Description
Activate Activate the current object.
AddComment Creates a new child Comment.
AddDirectStress Creates a new DirectStress
AddDirectionalDeformation Creates a new DirectionalDeformation
AddFigure Creates a new child Figure.
AddImage Creates a new child Image.
AddMaximumBendingStress Creates a new MaximumBendingStress
AddMaximumCombinedStress Creates a new MaximumCombinedStress
AddMinimumBendingStress Creates a new MinimumBendingStress
AddMinimumCombinedStress Creates a new MinimumCombinedStress
AddTotalDeformation Creates a new TotalDeformation
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 Run the EvaluateAllResults action.
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.
Location Gets or sets the Location.
Properties Gets the list of properties for this object.
VisibleProperties Gets the list of properties that are visible for this object.

Property detail

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

Gets the list of children.

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

Gets the list of associated comments.

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

Gets the current DataModelObject’s category.

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

Gets the list of associated figures.

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

Gets the list of associated images.

property BeamTool.InternalObject : Ansys.Common.Interop.DSObjectsAuto.IDSBeamToolAuto | None

Gets the internal object. For advanced usage only.

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

Gets or sets the Location.

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

Gets the list of properties for this object.

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

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

Method detail

BeamTool.Activate() → None

Activate the current object.

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

Creates a new child Comment.

BeamTool.AddDirectStress() → Ansys.ACT.Automation.Mechanical.Results.BeamToolResults.DirectStress

Creates a new DirectStress

BeamTool.AddDirectionalDeformation() → Ansys.ACT.Automation.Mechanical.Results.DeformationResults.DirectionalDeformation

Creates a new DirectionalDeformation

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

Creates a new child Figure.

BeamTool.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.

BeamTool.AddMaximumBendingStress() → Ansys.ACT.Automation.Mechanical.Results.BeamToolResults.MaximumBendingStress

Creates a new MaximumBendingStress

BeamTool.AddMaximumCombinedStress() → Ansys.ACT.Automation.Mechanical.Results.BeamToolResults.MaximumCombinedStress

Creates a new MaximumCombinedStress

BeamTool.AddMinimumBendingStress() → Ansys.ACT.Automation.Mechanical.Results.BeamToolResults.MinimumBendingStress

Creates a new MinimumBendingStress

BeamTool.AddMinimumCombinedStress() → Ansys.ACT.Automation.Mechanical.Results.BeamToolResults.MinimumCombinedStress

Creates a new MinimumCombinedStress

BeamTool.AddTotalDeformation() → Ansys.ACT.Automation.Mechanical.Results.DeformationResults.TotalDeformation

Creates a new TotalDeformation

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

Copies all visible properties from this object to another.

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

Creates a new parameter for a Property.

BeamTool.Delete() → None

Run the Delete action.

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

Creates a copy of the current DataModelObject.

BeamTool.EvaluateAllResults() → None

Run the EvaluateAllResults action.

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

Gets the list of children, filtered by type.

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

Gets the parameter corresponding to the given property.

BeamTool.GroupAllSimilarChildren() → None

Run the GroupAllSimilarChildren action.

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

Run the GroupSimilarObjects action.

BeamTool.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.

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

Get a property by its unique name.

BeamTool.RemoveParameter(propName: str) → None

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

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