In Mechanical how to rename analysis based on names in Workbench ?

Jean · October 2023

Hi,

In Workbench, I renamed my analysis.

In Mechanical, I have to rename all the analysis.

Is there a way with a Python script (or other) to automaticly rename analysis in Mechanical, based on names in Workbench ?

Thanks,
Jean

Pernelle Marone-Hitz · October 2023

@Jean , just realized there's actually a simpler way to do that. Below code should be executed from Mechanical.

analyses = ExtAPI.DataModel.AnalysisList
for an in analyses:
    an.Name = an.SystemCaption

Pernelle Marone-Hitz · October 2023

Hi,
I reused this post: https://discuss.ansys.com/discussion/2478/how-do-i-communicate-with-the-project-page-from-within-mechanical to come up with the following code, to be executed from Mechanical, and which will rename the analyses both at the Project Schematic level and in Mechanical.
Note - there is no direct link in this code between the component in the project schematic and the Mechanical analysis, it is assumed the analyses systems will be looped in the same order. Please verify it works correctly on your model.

import System
from System.Threading import *

def RunWBJN(cmds):
    def Internal_RunWBJN():
        import wbjn
        wbjn.ExecuteCommand(ExtAPI,cmds)
    thread = System.Threading.Thread(System.Threading.ThreadStart(Internal_RunWBJN))
    thread.Start()

project_cmds = '''
systems = GetAllSystems()
for i, sys in enumerate(systems):
    sys.DisplayText = "Test_"+str(i)
'''
RunWBJN(project_cmds)

analyses = ExtAPI.DataModel.AnalysisList
for i,an in enumerate(analyses):
    an.Name = "Test_"+str(i)

Jean · October 2023

Hi,
Thanks for your answer.

Unfortunately, it's not what I expected.
In this code, names in Workbench are replaced by "test_i".
(Since there is no link between Workbench and Mechanical, I get some problem when the project is more "complex", as shown in images below (test_5 in Workbench is test_0 in Mechanical))

My goal is :
(i) get names in Workbench (I don't want to rename system, but getting names I already gave) ;
(ii) rename system in Mechanical with name from Workbench.

Thanks
Jean