Closed pasc1377 closed 1 month ago
Samuelopez-ansys
commented
1 month ago Hi @pasc1377 ,
First, why are you using the AEDT API instead of PyAEDT? It is much easier.
line = m2d.modeler.create_polyline(points=....)
About your code, I think the polyline is not correct, I am trying to create it using the IronPython console, but the point definition is wrong, please record the script again, and try to re run the code to verify the polyline can be created.
pasc1377
commented
1 month ago Hello,
There are two reasons for this: 1) I have a lot of parameterised geometries in the "old design" and want to convert them to pyAEDT piece by piece. 2) The much more important point: I have done a few tests. Building the model with pyAEDT (2D electromagnetic) took about 1.5 times as long as with the previous version. For this reason, I thought that there could be time advantages if I did not use pyAEDT commands, especially for geometry creation. Have you observed anything similar?
When I insert a Maxwell2D design and click on "Tools-->Run Script...", the creation works. Here is the recorded script:
`# ----------------------------------------------
import ScriptEnv ScriptEnv.Initialize("Ansoft.ElectronicsDesktop") oDesktop.RestoreWindow() oProject = oDesktop.SetActiveProject("Project2") oDesign = oProject.SetActiveDesign("Maxwell2DDesign1") oEditor = oDesign.SetActiveEditor("3D Modeler") oEditor.CreatePolyline( [ "NAME:PolylineParameters", "IsPolylineCovered:=" , True, "IsPolylineClosed:=" , False, [ "NAME:PolylinePoints", [ "NAME:PLPoint", "X:=" , "0mm", "Y:=" , "0mm", "Z:=" , "0mm" ], [ "NAME:PLPoint", "X:=" , "1.3mm", "Y:=" , "1.1mm", "Z:=" , "0mm" ] ], [ "NAME:PolylineSegments", [ "NAME:PLSegment", "SegmentType:=" , "Line", "StartIndex:=" , 0, "NoOfPoints:=" , 2 ] ], [ "NAME:PolylineXSection", "XSectionType:=" , "None", "XSectionOrient:=" , "Auto", "XSectionWidth:=" , "0mm", "XSectionTopWidth:=" , "0mm", "XSectionHeight:=" , "0mm", "XSectionNumSegments:=" , "0", "XSectionBendType:=" , "Corner" ] ], [ "NAME:Attributes", "Name:=" , "Polyline1", "Flags:=" , "", "Color:=" , "(143 175 143)", "Transparency:=" , 0, "PartCoordinateSystem:=", "Global", "UDMId:=" , "", "MaterialValue:=" , "\"vacuum\"", "SurfaceMaterialValue:=", "\"\"", "SolveInside:=" , True, "ShellElement:=" , False, "ShellElementThickness:=", "0mm", "ReferenceTemperature:=", "20cel", "IsMaterialEditable:=" , True, "UseMaterialAppearance:=", False, "IsLightweight:=" , False ]) `
Samuelopez-ansys
commented
1 month ago Hi @pasc1377 ,
This code works for me:
import pyaedt
app = pyaedt.Maxwell2d(version="2024.1")
oEditor = app.oeditor oEditor.CreatePolyline( [ "NAME:PolylineParameters", "IsPolylineCovered:=", True, "IsPolylineClosed:=", False, [ "NAME:PolylinePoints", [ "NAME:PLPoint", "X:=", "0mm", "Y:=", "0mm", "Z:=", "0mm" ], [ "NAME:PLPoint", "X:=", "1.3mm", "Y:=", "1.1mm", "Z:=", "0mm" ] ], [ "NAME:PolylineSegments", [ "NAME:PLSegment", "SegmentType:=", "Line", "StartIndex:=", 0, "NoOfPoints:=", 2 ] ], [ "NAME:PolylineXSection", "XSectionType:=", "None", "XSectionOrient:=", "Auto", "XSectionWidth:=", "0mm", "XSectionTopWidth:=", "0mm", "XSectionHeight:=", "0mm", "XSectionNumSegments:=", "0", "XSectionBendType:=", "Corner" ] ], [ "NAME:Attributes", "Name:=", "Polyline1", "Flags:=", "", "Color:=", "(143 175 143)", "Transparency:=", 0, "PartCoordinateSystem:=", "Global", "UDMId:=", "", "MaterialValue:=", "\"vacuum\"", "SurfaceMaterialValue:=", "\"\"", "SolveInside:=", True, "ShellElement:=", False, "ShellElementThickness:=", "0mm", "ReferenceTemperature:=", "20cel", "IsMaterialEditable:=", True, "UseMaterialAppearance:=", False, "IsLightweight:=", False ])
Regarding time, I did not notice it. But PyAEDT creates a python object for each line, which gives you full control of each component, but AEDT API, does not give it you this python object:
line = app.modeler.create_polyline(points=[["0mm", "0mm", "0mm"], ["1.3mm", "1.1mm", "0mm"]])
For that reason, it could take more time sometimes. I did a test creating 200 lines using both approaches, and this is the difference:
This is the code I used:
import pyaedt
app = pyaedt.Maxwell2d(version="2024.1")
app.logger.reset_timer()
for cont in range(1, 200):
line = app.modeler.create_polyline(points=[["0mm", "0mm", "0mm"], ["1.3mm", "1.1mm", "0mm"]])
app.logger.info_timer("Line created with PyAEDT")
app.logger.reset_timer()
oEditor = app.oeditor
for cont in range(1, 200):
oEditor.CreatePolyline(
[
"NAME:PolylineParameters",
"IsPolylineCovered:=", True,
"IsPolylineClosed:=", False,
[
"NAME:PolylinePoints",
[
"NAME:PLPoint",
"X:=", "0mm",
"Y:=", "0mm",
"Z:=", "0mm"
],
[
"NAME:PLPoint",
"X:=", "1.3mm",
"Y:=", "1.1mm",
"Z:=", "0mm"
]
],
[
"NAME:PolylineSegments",
[
"NAME:PLSegment",
"SegmentType:=", "Line",
"StartIndex:=", 0,
"NoOfPoints:=", 2
]
],
[
"NAME:PolylineXSection",
"XSectionType:=", "None",
"XSectionOrient:=", "Auto",
"XSectionWidth:=", "0mm",
"XSectionTopWidth:=", "0mm",
"XSectionHeight:=", "0mm",
"XSectionNumSegments:=", "0",
"XSectionBendType:=", "Corner"
]
],
[
"NAME:Attributes",
"Name:=", "Polyline1",
"Flags:=", "",
"Color:=", "(143 175 143)",
"Transparency:=", 0,
"PartCoordinateSystem:=", "Global",
"UDMId:=", "",
"MaterialValue:=", "\"vacuum\"",
"SurfaceMaterialValue:=", "\"\"",
"SolveInside:=", True,
"ShellElement:=", False,
"ShellElementThickness:=", "0mm",
"ReferenceTemperature:=", "20cel",
"IsMaterialEditable:=", True,
"UseMaterialAppearance:=", False,
"IsLightweight:=", False
])
app.logger.info_timer("Line created with AEDT API")Hi @Samuelopez-ansys,
Thank you! Now I can see what the problem was. And thanks also for explaining the reason for the time differences. If it were only a matter of readability and ease of programming, pyAEDT is unbeatable. It does make a difference in terms of time. A model setup currently takes about 1 minute and 10 seconds. With pyAEDT perhaps around 2 minutes.
Before submitting the issue
Description of the bug
I would like to use the oEditor in the conventional way and create a geometry. I have created a minimal example for this. Unfortunately, it does not work because there is an error when executing the command. Do you have any idea why this might be?
Steps To Reproduce
Here the Minimal:
` import sys from pyaedt import Maxwell2d
sys.path.append(r"C:\Program Files\AnsysEM\v241\Win64\PythonFiles\DesktopPlugin") import ScriptEnv
aedt_version = "2024.1"
with Maxwell2d(project="Test", non_graphical=False, version=aedt_version, new_desktop=True, close_on_exit=True) as m2d:
ScriptEnv.Initialize("", False, "", 59522) # Port?
`
Edit: Unfortunately, the code formatting does not work.
Which Operating System are you using?
Windows
Which Python version are you using?
3.10
Installed packages
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