Is there a way to apply multiple imported tables using a *DO loop to automate applied TABLE load?

Huadong

In a Harmonic Response analysis:

A *DIM table is defined, and *TREAD with a *DO loop is used to read 100 CSV files, each containing force data at different frequencies.

After reading, the goal is to apply these table-based loads to 100 nodes individually.

In step 2), I intended to use a *DO loop to define and apply the 100 table loads. However, it seems that table loads cannot be parameterized — using a syntax like F, node, FX, %table_name%i%% is invalid.

Is there a way to apply multiple imported tables using a *DO loop, or any method to automate assigning these table loads node-by-node?

/PREP7
*DO, i, 1, 100
*DIM, LOAD%i%, TABLE, 200, 1
*TREAD,LOAD%i%,C:\Temp\load_%i%,csv,,2
F, i, FX, %LOAD%i%%
ALLSEL
*ENDDO

Rohith Patchigolla

Hello @Huadong ,

please try replacing your current apdl script with below apdl script which uses *PYTHON to load the csv file along with looping. This will work from v2025R1.

*PYTHON

for i in range(1,101):
    FullPath = r"C:\Temp\load_" + str(i) + ".csv"
    path = FullPath.split('.')[0]
    fileExt = FullPath.split('.')[1]
    mapdl.prep7()
    mapdl.dim("load" + str(i),"table",200,1)
    mapdl.tread("load" + str(i),str(path),str(fileExt),2)
    mapdl.f(i,"fx","%load" + str(i) + "%")
mapdl.allsel()
mapdl.slashsolu()

*ENDPY