Define imported body temperature

Pernelle Marone-Hitz

I want to automate inserting an Imported Load / Imported Body Temperature in Mechanical, importing a comma separated text file and specifying that the first two columns are coordinates and all other columns are temperatures.

Pernelle Marone-Hitz

Adapt this code:

import os


# User inputs

file_path = path_to_file

analysis = Model.Analyses[1] # adapt accordingly



# Count number of columns

if os.path.exists(file_path):

    # Open and count columns

    with open(file_path, 'r') as file:

        first_line = file.readline()

        # Split by whitespace or tabs to count columns

        columns = first_line.split()

        num_columns = len(columns)


    print("Number of columns in file: {0}".format(num_columns))

else:

    print("File not found: {0}".format(txt_file))


# Insert Import Load group

imported_load_group = analysis.AddImportedLoadExternalData()


# Define settings

external_data_files = Ansys.Mechanical.ExternalData.ExternalDataFileCollection()

external_data_files.SaveFilesWithProject = False

external_data_file_1 = Ansys.Mechanical.ExternalData.ExternalDataFile()

external_data_files.Add(external_data_file_1)

external_data_file_1.Identifier = "File1"

external_data_file_1.Description = ""

external_data_file_1.IsMainFile = False

external_data_file_1.FilePath= file_path

external_data_file_1.ImportSettings = Ansys.Mechanical.ExternalData.ImportSettingsFactory.GetSettingsForFormat(MechanicalEnums.ExternalData.ImportFormat.Delimited)

import_settings = external_data_file_1.ImportSettings

import_settings.SkipRows = 0

import_settings.SkipFooter = 0

import_settings.Delimiter = ","

import_settings.AverageCornerNodesToMidsideNodes = False

# First two columns are X and Y coordinates

import_settings.UseColumn(0, MechanicalEnums.ExternalData.VariableType.XCoordinate, "m", "X Coordinate")

import_settings.UseColumn(1, MechanicalEnums.ExternalData.VariableType.YCoordinate, "m", "Y Coordinate")

# All other columns are temperatures

for i in range(2, num_columns + 1):

    import_settings.UseColumn(i, MechanicalEnums.ExternalData.VariableType.Temperature, "K", "Temperature"+str(i))



# Import file

imported_load_group.ImportExternalDataFiles(external_data_files)

# Add imported body temperature

imported_body_temperature = imported_load_group.AddImportedBodyTemperature()