InitializationAssignment object

The InitializationAssignment object stores the contact initialization assignment definition for domain pairs in a ContactStd or ContactExp object. The InitializationAssignment object has no constructor or members.

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Access

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

changeValuesInStep(...)

This method allows modification of contact initialization 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 initialization assignments are to be modified.

index

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

value

A String specifying the value of the contact initialization 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 initialization assignments to new domain pairs in a given step.

Required arguments

stepName

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

assignments

A sequence of tuples specifying the initializations assigned to each surface pair. Each tuple contains four entries (fourth entry is for Abaqus/Explicit and is optional):

  • A region object or the SymbolicConstant GLOBAL (for Abaqus/Standard only).

  • A region object or the SymbolicConstant SELF (for Abaqus/Standard only).

  • A String specifying a StdInitialization or ExpInitializationobject associated with this pair of regions.

  • A String specifying a secondary surface type. This entry is applicable only if the ExpInitialization object is defined with overclosureType=CLEARANCE and adjustNodalCoords=True.

Optional arguments

None.

Return value

None.

Exceptions

None.

delete(...)

The delete method allows you to delete existing contact initialization assignments from a ContactStd or ContactExp object.

Required arguments

indices

A sequence of Ints specifying the index of each contact initialization assignment to delete.

Optional arguments

None.

Return value

None.

Exceptions

None.

Members

The InitializationAssignment object has no members.