How to add materials from material library in Mechanical with ACT?

Ayush Kumar

How to add materials from material library in Mechanical with ACT?

Ayush Kumar

cmd = """
library1 = EngData.OpenLibrary(
    Name="Composite Materials",
    Source="Composite_Materials.xml")
system1 = GetSystem(Name="SYS")
engineeringData1 = system1.GetContainer(ComponentName="Engineering Data")
matl1 = engineeringData1.ImportMaterial(
    Name="E-Glass",
    Source="Composite_Materials.xml")
"""
 
ExtAPI.Application.ScriptByName('journaling').ExecuteCommand(cmd)
ExtAPI.DataModel.Project.Model.RefreshMaterials()

Collins

@Ayush Kumar

Thank you for the response above.

I have been try to use your code above in my script but it doesn't seem to have any effect.

The material doesn't show even when I ran the code in Ansys Mechanical GUI.

Could it be that the code is outdated as a result of a software update?

Thank you in advance

Ayush Kumar

@Collins I tested today with 2024R1 and it seems work perfectly fine. Which version are you testing with?

Collins

For anyone experiencing the same problem

@Ayush Kumar provided a detailed answer here

https://discuss.ansys.com/discussion/3425/how-to-loading-engineering-data-source-and-selecting-materials-using-scripting#latest

THank you