I was trying to insert a tabular data for displacement in Ansys as follows:
SlMn = ExtAPI.SelectionManager
SlMn.ClearSelection()
Sel = SlMn.CreateSelectionInfo(SelectionTypeEnum.GeometryEntities)
disp=DataModel.AnalysisList[0].AddDisplacement()
Sel.Ids=[25] # ID 25 is an edge
disp.Location=Sel
disp.XComponent.Output.DefinitionType=VariableDefinitionType.Discrete
disp.YComponent.Output.DefinitionType=VariableDefinitionType.Discrete
disp.ZComponent.Output.DefinitionType=VariableDefinitionType.Discrete
disp.YComponent.Inputs=[Quantity('0 [sec]'),Quantity('0.1[sec]'),Quantity('0.2 [sec]'),Quantity('1[sec]')]
I am getting this error:
can't assign to read-only property Inputs of type 'Field'
I was using the same syntax prescribed for forces in the ANSYS ACT developer guide. How can a tabular data be read-only if I can manually input values in the table?
Is there anything wrong with my code? Also, I have tried the tree children method (disp=Model.Analyses[0].Children[5]). This gives the same error.
I just found a way to enter tabular data in ANSYS using Python. For example, If I want to add a tabular displacement, I can do it as follows:
SlMn = ExtAPI.SelectionManager
SlMn.ClearSelection()
Sel = SlMn.CreateSelectionInfo(SelectionTypeEnum.GeometryEntities)
# Displacement
disp=DataModel.AnalysisList[0].AddDisplacement()
Sel.Ids=[25] # an edge where I want to scope
disp.Location=Sel
disp.XComponent.Output.DefinitionType=VariableDefinitionType.Discrete
disp.YComponent.Output.DefinitionType=VariableDefinitionType.Discrete
disp.ZComponent.Output.DefinitionType=VariableDefinitionType.Discrete
disp.DefineBy=LoadDefineBy.Components
disp.YComponent.Inputs[0].DiscreteValues=[Quantity('0 [sec]'),Quantity('0.1[sec]'),Quantity('0.2 [sec]'),Quantity('1[sec]')]
disp.YComponent.Output.DiscreteValues=[Quantity('0 [m]'),Quantity('-0.000001[m]'),Quantity('-0.00002 [m]'),Quantity('-0.1[m]')]