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[thermalsr71]

Hi, I'm doing a script that applies an arbitrary thickness to the parts of the geometry tree, depending on whether they are stored in a previously made dictionary or not.
However, when I try to set the thickness manually, I'm getting the error:

"expected Quantity, got float"

If someone could help me understand the error or the way to convert a floating number into the so-called "Quantity", I'd be very grateful to you.

My code goes:

 for key, values in partAndBody.items():
    for part in geom.Children:
        for body in part.Children: 
                    if values[2] == 'Plane Stress':
                        body.Behavior = Model2DBehavior.PlaneStress
                        body.Thickness = values[3]

thank you in advance.

[thermalsr71]

Just found a way. Ansys works with its own particular data types. Had to declare my data as Quantity('{} [{}]'.format(values[3], 'mm')) and it worked!

[Erik Kostson]

For further discusions on the quantity function and how to use it see:

/forum/forums/topic/use-of-loop-in-python-scripting/