How can I insert an image or a figure in the Mechanical Tree, through ACT?

Pernelle Marone-Hitz

How can I insert an image or a figure in the Mechanical Tree, through ACT ?

Pernelle Marone-Hitz

To create a figure object (that can be further manipulated, rotated for example), one can use AddFigure() method, for example :

    ExtAPI.DataModel.Tree.ActiveObjects[0].AddFigure()

There is not similar function to create an image, but one can use the following workaround :

1. Create a screenshot through ExportScreenToImage() method
2. Insert this image in the Mechanical tree through AddImage() method.

Here is a script example :

    ImgPath= r"E:\test.png"
    ExtAPI.Graphics.ExportScreenToImage(ImgPath)  
    IntObj = ExtAPI.DataModel.Tree.ActiveObjects[0].InternalObject
    Img = IntObj.AddImage()
    Img.SourceType = 1
    Img.ImagePath = ImgPath

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You can also create and add a figure to the tree (solution) from a Python Code (object) if you use the Cpython engine. You can create a Python Code object and set it to after Post, set the Engine Type to Cpython and paste the script below to generate a figure in the tree.

def after_post(this, solution):# Do not edit this line

    import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
    import os
    
    plt.plot([1,2,3,4,5],[5,10,15,20,25],color='red')
    plt.ylabel('hello [unit]')
    plt.xlabel('kitty [unit]')
    plt.grid()
    wd = solution.Parent.WorkingDir
    myPath = os.path.join(wd,'myFig.png')
    plt.savefig(myPath)
    image = solution.AddImage(myPath)

    pass