{"id":311826,"date":"2023-10-17T14:05:38","date_gmt":"2023-10-17T14:05:38","guid":{"rendered":"\/forum\/forums\/topic\/run-macro-with-pyansys\/"},"modified":"2023-10-17T14:05:38","modified_gmt":"2023-10-17T14:05:38","slug":"run-macro-with-pyansys","status":"closed","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/run-macro-with-pyansys\/","title":{"rendered":"Run macro with PyAnsys"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hi all,<\/p>\n

I’m trying to get a macro that is normally used in Ansys Mechan<\/p>\n

ical, working in PyAnsys scripting. Normally, the macro is called in a ‘Commands (APDL)’ section under the Solution tree of my Modal analysis:<\/p>\n

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Containing the following lines:<\/p>\n

    finish
    \/psearch, C:
    moma<\/p>\n

in which moma.mac is the macro. Now I want to be able to run the macro seperately, after the Modal analysis has finished, in PyAnsys scripting. Therefore I set ‘Save MPADL db’ to Yes in Mechanical.<\/p>\n

In PyAnsys, I set the path to the simulation folder containing the .db file:<\/p>\n

    mapdl=launch_mapdl(run_location=path)<\/p>\n

And read the .db file:<\/p>\n

    mapdl.run(“cdread,db,file.db”)<\/p>\n

I run the psearch command and execute the macro in the same way as in Workbench:<\/p>\n

    mapdl.run(“\/psearch,C:”)
    mapdl.run(“moma”)<\/p>\n

This gives me the output “USE COMMAND MACRO moma”, but I’m not sure if the macro is actually ran, since the output file I expect is not created in the folder as it is when I run the macro in Mechanical. Is there something I am still doing wrong?<\/p>\n

Thanks in advance!<\/p>\n

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