How to run functions that are defined in an ACT extension or Mechanical Add-on from a script?

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I have an ACT extension installed for Mechanical. I want to run an Mechanical script that will leverage some of the automation that is defined in the ACT extension. How can I do that?

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  • Landon Mitchell Kanner
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    You can access an ACT extension (or Mechanical Add-on) module using the GetModule method:

    nvh_addon = ExtAPI.ExtensionManager.GetExtensionByName("NVHToolkit")
    nvh_module = nvh_addon.GetModule()
    

    The module allows you to access functions, variables, methods, etc. that are defined in the extension. For example:

    mac_data = nvh_module.MacData()

    Note that in many cases, it will be difficult to know how to use an extension's module without access to the extension's source code.

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