Material
class compolyx.Material(graph, obj, parent=None)
ComPoLyX material class.
This class enables retrieving all material properties defined within the loaded Finite Element model.
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Access:
>>> import compolyx
>>> db = compolyx.DB()
>>> model = db.models['class40.1']
>>> materials = model.material_data.materials
>>> mat_UD300 = materials['UD300_GLAS']
>>> print mat_UD300.property_names[‘density’, ‘engineering_constants’, ‘larc_constants’, ‘puck_constants’, ‘strain_limits’, ‘stress_limits’, ‘thermal_expansion_coefficients’, ‘tsai_wu_constants’, ‘woven_characterization’, ‘woven_puck_constants_1’, ‘woven_puck_constants_2’, ‘woven_stress_limits_1’, ‘woven_stress_limits_2’]
>>> property_set_eng_const = mat_UD300['engineering_constants']
Attributes
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
Material.active | Active status of object |
Material.active_properties | List of the active properties for the underlying material |
Material.enabled | Whether this object is currently enabled or not |
Material.ext_id | ID of corresponding Material in external source |
Material.id | ID of object |
Material.is_constant | True if engineering constants are constant |
Material.is_dict_item | Specifies whether the object is an item of a dict |
Material.is_isotropic | True if ply_type is isotropic or isotropic_homogeneous_core |
Material.is_list_item | Specifies whether the object is an item of a list |
Material.link_path | Root path of the current node in the tree for links to this object |
Material.locked | Material is generated from an external source and cannot be changed |
Material.name | Name of object |
Material.parent | Parent object in tree |
Material.ply_type | Ply type |
Material.property_names | List with all available property keys |
Material.root_path | Root path of the current node in the tree |
Material.status | Status of the object |
Material.status_changed | Boolean flag which is set to true in C++ when up-to-date status of object changes |
Material.uid | UID of object |
Material.vertex | This will throw an error if the object has been removed from the graph |
Methods
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
Material.create_property_set(property_name, ...) | Function to create a specific property set |
Material.delete_property_set(property_name) | Function to delete a specific property set |
Material.find_parent(type) | Function steps up the tree and returns the first parent with given type |
Material.obj_exists() | Checks if __obj still references the C++ object (i.e. has not been reset to None by self._delete) and exists in the graph |
Material.serialize() | Serialize to Python string |
Material.serialize_name_and_id() | Helper function to serialize name and ID |
Material.update() | |
Material.visit(visitor) | Walk through the tree and let the visitor perform action on every descendant node |