ContactPropertyAssignment object

The ContactPropertyAssignment object stores the contact property assignment definition for domain pairs in ContactExp and ContactStd objects. The ContactPropertyAssignment object has no constructor or members.

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Access

import interaction
mdb.models[name].interactions[name].contactPropertyAssignments

changeValuesInStep(...)

This method allows modification of contact property assignments to domain pairs already defined in a given step.

Required arguments

stepName

A String specifying the name of the step in which the contact property assignments are to be modified.

index

An Int specifying the position of the contact property assignment whose value is to be modified.

value

A String specifying the value of the contact property to be assigned to the domain pair whose index is referenced.

Optional arguments

None.

Return value

None.

Exceptions

None.

appendInStep(...)

This method allows addition of contact property assignments to new domain pairs in a given step.

Required arguments

stepName

A String specifying the name of the step in which new contact property assignments are to be defined.

assignments

A sequence of tuples specifying the properties assigned to each surface pair. Each tuple contains three entries:

  • A region or a material object or the SymbolicConstant GLOBAL.

  • A region or a material object or the SymbolicConstant SELF. When used with a ContactExp object, this parameter can also be a string that references an Eulerian material surface.

  • A String specifying a ContactProperty object associated with this pair of regions.

Optional arguments

None.

Return value

None.

Exceptions

None.

delete(...)

The delete method allows you to delete existing contact property assignments.

Required arguments

indices

A sequence of Ints specifying the index of each contact property assignment to delete. The indices and surfPair arguments are mutually exclusive.

surfPair

A sequence of tuples specifying the surface pair of each contact property assignment to delete. Each tuple contains two entries:

  • A region or a material object or the SymbolicConstant GLOBAL.

  • A region or a material object or the SymbolicConstant SELF. When used with a ContactExp object, this parameter can also be a string that references an Eulerian material surface.

surfPair and indices arguments are mutually exclusive.

Optional arguments

None.

Return value

None.

Exceptions

None.

Members

The ContactPropertyAssignment object has no members.