Extract information on beams

Pernelle Marone-Hitz
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edited June 2023 in Structures

How can I extract beam properties through scripting?

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  • Pernelle Marone-Hitz
    Pernelle Marone-Hitz Member, Moderator, Employee Posts: 871
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    The following function can be used:

    def ExtractBeamData():
    '''
    Extract information on beams
    '''
    listExportBeamData = []
    for part in ExtAPI.DataModel.Project.Model.Geometry.Children:
        for body in part.Children:
            if body.Suppressed is False:
                geoBody = body.GetGeoBody()
                if geoBody.BodyType.ToString() == "GeoBodyWire":
                    name = body.Name
                    section = geoBody.CrossSection.Name.ToString()
                    lengthValue = round(body.Length.Value, 5)
                    lengthUnit = body.Length.Unit
                    length = str(lengthValue) + str(lengthUnit)
                    sectionValue = round(body.CrossSectionArea.Value, 5)
                    sectionUnit = body.CrossSectionArea.Unit
                    sectionArea = str(sectionValue) + str(sectionUnit)
                    listExportBeamData.append(
                        [name, section, length, sectionArea])
    return listExportBeamData

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