{"id":346757,"date":"2024-01-26T11:23:59","date_gmt":"2024-01-26T11:23:59","guid":{"rendered":"\/forum\/forums\/reply\/346757\/"},"modified":"2024-01-26T11:23:59","modified_gmt":"2024-01-26T11:23:59","slug":"346757","status":"publish","type":"reply","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/reply\/346757\/","title":{"rendered":"Reply To: Automated Import of Load history data uisng scripts (Python or Mapdl)"},"content":{"rendered":"

<p>For anyone looking through this thread in the future<br><br><\/p><p>This is the code adapted to componentwise force import (in this case Y direction)<\/p><div>import csv<\/div><div>filePath = ‘filepath\\\\force.csv'<\/div><div>timesteps = [] #Create empty list to store timestep values<\/div><div>loads = [] #Create empty list to store load values<\/div><div>with open(filePath, ‘r’) as csvFile:<\/div><div>    csvRead = csv.reader(csvFile, delimiter=’,’)<\/div><div>    next(csvRead) #Skip first line (assumed headers)<\/div><div>    <\/div><div>    for row in csvRead:<\/div><div>        timesteps.append(row[0]) #Populate list with first column’s values<\/div><div>        loads.append(row[1]) #Populate list with second column’s values<\/div><div> <\/div><div>#Configure lists<\/div><div>timeUnit = ‘[sec]’ #Timestep unit<\/div><div>loadUnit = ‘[N]’ #Load unit<\/div><div>timesteps = [str(time) + timeUnit for time in timesteps] #Convert values to strings and append unit<\/div><div>loads = [str(load) + loadUnit for load in loads] #Convert values to strings and append unit<\/div><div>#Create load<\/div><div>analysis_104 = DataModel.GetObjectById(207)<\/div><div>force_207 = DataModel.GetObjectById(207)<\/div><div>selection = ExtAPI.SelectionManager.CreateSelectionInfo(SelectionTypeEnum.GeometryEntities)<\/div><div>selection.Ids = [23]<\/div><div>force_207.Location = selection<\/div><div>force_207.DefineBy = LoadDefineBy.ComponentY<\/div><div>force_207.YComponent.Inputs[0].DiscreteValues = [Quantity(time) for time in timesteps]<\/div><div>force_207.YComponent.Output.DiscreteValues = [Quantity(load) for load in loads]<\/div><div> <\/div><div>Don’t forget to change the Ids!!<br><br><br>Also, I got the automation working these are resources for both after and before<br><br>Script Tip Friday – Examples of Python Results for Mechanical (Part 2) | Ansys Developer Portal<\/a><br><br>Script Tip Friday – Examples of Python Results for Mechanical (Part 1) | Ansys Developer Portal<\/a><br><br>Script Tip Friday- “Python Code”\u200b object in Mechanical | Ansys Developer Portal<\/a><br><br>Note these codes work when the mechanical GUI is open.<br><br>Cheers <\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-346757","reply","type-reply","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/replies\/346757","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/replies"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/reply"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/replies\/346757\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=346757"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}