How to create custom buttons on WB Project page?

Ayush Kumar

I want to create a set a of analysis systems on the WB project page and connect them automatically. Ideally I require a custom button on the WB project page, which when clicked calls a function where I can define my workflow.

Ayush Kumar

You can create an ACT extension by using the following XML and Python code. This code will create a button on the WB project page which when clicked adds a static structural analysis system. The user can code a complex workflow within the callback.

XML:

<extension version="1" name="CustomButtonWB" icon="images\tab.png">  
  <script src="main.py" />
  <interface context="Project">
    <images>images</images>
    <toolbar name="CustomButtonWB" caption="CustomButtonWB">
      <entry name="Custom Button WB" caption="Custom Button WB" icon="ansys">
        <callbacks>
          <onclick>add_static_structural</onclick>
        </callbacks>
      </entry>
    </toolbar>
  </interface>
</extension>

Python:

def add_static_structural(entity):
    ExtAPI.Log.WriteMessage("Button clicked...")
    template1 = GetTemplate(TemplateName="Static Structural", Solver="ANSYS")
    system1 = template1.CreateSystem()

M

Being lazy, I adapted Ayush's solution to clean out my WB so if I have a lot of systems I don't have to click through and clear generated results for each.

XML:

<extension version="1" name="wbCleaner" icon="images\tab.png">  
  <script src="main.py" />
  <interface context="Project">
    <images>images</images>
    <toolbar name="wbCleaner" caption="wbCleaner">
      <entry name="WB Cleaner" caption="WB Cleaner" icon="shiva">
        <callbacks>
          <onclick>cleanWB</onclick>
        </callbacks>
      </entry>
    </toolbar>
  </interface>
</extension>

py

def cleanWB(entity):
    ExtAPI.Log.WriteMessage("Cleaning up your Workbench Schematic, please wait...")
    for system in GetAllSystems():
        try:
            modelComponent1 = system.GetComponent(Name="Model")
            ExtAPI.Log.WriteMessage("Cleaning up " + system.Name.ToString())
            modelComponent1.Clean()
        except: # some systems can not be updated, geometry for example
            pass