Example of dummy post object

Pernelle Marone-Hitz

Is there an example of creating a simple post object?

Pernelle Marone-Hitz

Below is an example of a post object that when evaluated will change the value in the details view from 0 to 15.

• The xml file is:

  <extension version="1" name="PostObject">
    <guid shortid="PostObject">8fc89783-8ea1-4669-a2cf-7f381f2434e9</guid>
    <script src="post_object.py" />
    <interface context="Mechanical">
      <images>images</images>
      <!-- Create a toolbar and add a button to insert a ACT load -->
      <toolbar name="PostObject" caption="PostObject">
        <entry name="PostObject" icon="group">
          <callbacks>
            <!-- This will add the ACT object to the tree -->
            <onclick>createPostObject</onclick>
          </callbacks>
        </entry>
      </toolbar>
    </interface>
    <simdata context="Mechanical">
      <!-- define the child -->
      <object name="Object" version="1" caption="Result" icon="child" isload="true" color="#0000FF">
        <!-- Specify the allowed target of this object -->
          <target type="analysis" location="post"/>
        <callbacks>
          <!-- The "action" will add a context menu option on the object. -->
          <action name="Evaluate" caption="Evaluate Result" icon="update">evaluateResult</action>
        </callbacks>
        <property name="MyResult" caption= "My Result" control="float" readonly="true" default="0.0">
        </property>
      </object>
    </simdata>
  </extension>
  

• The post_object.py file is:

  def createPostObject(analysis): """ The method is called when the toolbar button is clicked.

       Keyword arguments:
       analysis -- the active analysis
    """
  
    # Add a "Object" object [defined in XML] in solution tree of the analyis.
    analysis.CreatePostObject("Object",ExtAPI.ExtensionManager.CurrentExtension)
  
  def evaluateResult(obj):
  """The method is called when the "Evaluate" action button is clicked orfrom the generateChildren method. Keyword arguments:
  obj -- the object to avaluate
    """
  
    # Set the State property to Evaluated.
    obj.Properties["MyResult"].Value = 15.0
    ExtAPI.DataModel.Tree.Refresh()