{"id":302000,"date":"2023-08-18T01:32:06","date_gmt":"2023-08-18T01:32:06","guid":{"rendered":"\/forum\/forums\/reply\/302000\/"},"modified":"2023-08-18T01:32:06","modified_gmt":"2023-08-18T01:32:06","slug":"302000","status":"publish","type":"reply","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/reply\/302000\/","title":{"rendered":"Reply To: ACT Mechanical Coordinates Units"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&lt;p&gt;The units module is in the Ansys installation at:&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;ANSYS Inc\\v{version}\\Addins\\ACT\\libraries\\Mechanical\\units.py&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;It is dicussed in the Ansys online documentation (https:\/\/ansyshelp.ansys.com\/):&lt;br&gt;&#8221;Customization Suite &gt; ACT Developer&#8217;s Guide &gt; Extensions &gt; Libraries and Advanced Programming &gt; Function Libraries&#8221;&lt;br&gt;Example at:&lt;br&gt;&#8221;Mechanical Application &gt; Scripting in Mechanical Guide &gt; Scripting Examples &gt; Script Examples for Interacting with Tree Objects &gt; Transform Coordinate Systems (with Math)&#8221;&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;You can use the basic python command dir() with an object inside the parentheses to see the objects underneath it. 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