Extract information on time stepping

Pernelle Marone-Hitz
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edited June 2023 in Structures

How can we extract information on time stepping settings in Mechanical, through scripting?

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  • Pernelle Marone-Hitz
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    edited December 2022 Answer ✓

    The following function can be used:

    def ExtractLoadStepInfo(analysis):
    '''
    Extract load stepping information
    '''
    listExtractLoadStepInfo = []
    settings = analysis.AnalysisSettings
    numberSteps = settings.NumberOfSteps
    for iterStep in range(1, numberSteps + 1):
        settings.CurrentStepNumber = iterStep
        AutomaticTimeStepping = settings.AutomaticTimeStepping
        DefineBy = settings.DefineBy
        if settings.DefineBy == TimeStepDefineByType.Substeps:
            InitialSubsteps = settings.InitialSubsteps
            MinimumSubsteps = settings.MinimumSubsteps
            MaximumSubsteps = settings.MaximumSubsteps
            listExtractLoadStepInfo.append([
                str(AutomaticTimeStepping),
                str(DefineBy),
                str(InitialSubsteps),
                str(MinimumSubsteps),
                str(MaximumSubsteps)
            ])
        elif settings.DefineBy == TimeStepDefineByType.Time:
            InitialTimeStep = settings.InitialTimeStep
            MinimumTimeStep = settings.MinimumTimeStep
            MaximumTimeStep = settings.MaximumTimeStep
            listExtractLoadStepInfo.append([
                str(AutomaticTimeStepping),
                str(DefineBy),
                str(InitialTimeStep),
                str(MinimumTimeStep),
                str(MaximumTimeStep)
            ])
    return listExtractLoadStepInfo

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