Interface: IMechanicalExtAPI

Exposes the main entry point of all ATC APIs.

Remarks

An instance can be retrieved from the main pyton scope (ie. in all python files included by the xml script element) by using the global variable ExtAPI.

Methods

Name	Description
LockPrePostLicense()	Locks the license used by the PRE/POST application.
UnlockPrePostLicense()	R Unlocks the license used by the PRE/POST application. This is required if you want to manually launch the ANSYS solver. You must relock the license after its use. If you don't relock the license, the PRE/POST application will be in read-only mode.

Properties

Name	Description
Application	Gets the application object.
Context	Gets the current context name (Mechanical, Project, ...).
DataModel	Gets the DataModel object.
ExtensionManager	Gets the extension manager object.
Graphics	Gets the graphics object.
Log	Gets the log object. Useful for reporting messages and errors.
SelectionManager	Gets the selection manager object.
Tools	Gets the common tools object.
UserInterface	Gets the user interface object.