How do I export all beam probe results to .CSV files using scripting in ANSYS Mechanical?

Naveen Kumar Begari

You can export all beam probe results to CSV files using either of the two solution scripting methods below.

Naveen Kumar Begari

Solution - 01: Select Beam Probes in Tree

import csv
import wbjn

cmd = 'returnValue(GetUserFilesDirectory())'
UserFilesPath = wbjn.ExecuteCommand(ExtAPI,cmd)

# Selected Beam Probe Objects
beamProbes = Tree.ActiveObjects

for beamProbe in beamProbes:
    analysis = beamProbe.Parent.Parent
    resultsData=analysis.GetResultsData()
    resultSets = resultsData.ListTimeFreq

    wdir = analysis.WorkingDir
    dpString = wdir.split('_files')[1] # 'dpX\SYS\MECH'
    dp = dpString.split('\SY')[0]
    dp.Replace('\\','')

    export_path = UserFilesPath + dp +'_' + analysis.Name + '_' + beamProbe.Name + '.csv'

    AxialForce = list()
    Torque = list()
    ShearForceAtI = list()
    ShearForceAtJ = list()
    MomentAtI = list()
    MomentAtJ = list()
    vec = list()

    with open(export_path, 'wb') as file:
        writer = csv.writer(file)
        writer.writerow(['Axial Force','Torque','ShearForceAtI','ShearForceAtJ','MomentAtI','MomentAtJ'])
        for index, i in enumerate(resultSets):
            # InternalObject - undocumented (not supported running Linux)
            AxialForce      = beamProbe.InternalObject.SequenceAxialForce(index)
            Torque          = beamProbe.InternalObject.SequenceTorque(index)
            ShearForceAtI   = beamProbe.InternalObject.SequenceShearForceAtI(index)
            ShearForceAtJ   = beamProbe.InternalObject.SequenceShearForceAtJ(index)
            MomentAtI       = beamProbe.InternalObject.SequenceMomentAtI(index)
            MomentAtJ       = beamProbe.InternalObject.SequenceMomentAtJ(index)
            vec.append([AxialForce,Torque,ShearForceAtI,ShearForceAtJ,MomentAtI,MomentAtJ])
        writer.writerows(vec)

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Solution - 02: No need to select Beam Probes in Tree

import csv
import wbjn
import os
from Ansys.ACT.Automation.Mechanical.Results.ProbeResults import BeamProbe


UserFilesPath = wbjn.ExecuteCommand(ExtAPI, 'returnValue(GetUserFilesDirectory())') # Get user files directory
export_path = os.path.join(UserFilesPath, 'Combined_BeamProbe_Results.csv')

beamProbes = [p for p in Tree.ActiveObjects if isinstance(p, BeamProbe)]


header = ['BeamProbe Name', 'Time/Freq Step', 'Axial Force', 'Torque',
          'ShearForceAtI', 'ShearForceAtJ', 'MomentAtI', 'MomentAtJ'] # Header and result container
all_rows = []

for probe in beamProbes:
    try:
        analysis = probe.Parent.Parent
        resultSets = analysis.GetResultsData().ListTimeFreq
        internal = probe.InternalObject

        for i, step in enumerate(resultSets):
            # Access values safely and wrap in try-except if needed
            axial    = internal.SequenceAxialForce(i)
            torque   = internal.SequenceTorque(i)
            shearI   = internal.SequenceShearForceAtI(i)
            shearJ   = internal.SequenceShearForceAtJ(i)
            momentI  = internal.SequenceMomentAtI(i)
            momentJ  = internal.SequenceMomentAtJ(i)

            all_rows.append([
                probe.Name,
                str(step),
                axial,
                torque,
                shearI,
                shearJ,
                momentI,
                momentJ
            ])
    except Exception as e:
        ExtAPI.Log.WriteMessage("Error reading data from probe '{}': {}".format(probe.Name, str(e)))


with open(export_path, 'w') as f: # Write the results to CSV
    writer = csv.writer(f)
    writer.writerow(header)
    writer.writerows(all_rows)

ExtAPI.Log.WriteMessage("CSV export completed: " + export_path)

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Outputs:
Sol-01:

Sol-02: