AdaptivityProcess object

The AdaptivityProcess object defines a series of jobs that will be submitted for analysis. Abaqus performs adaptive remeshing between each job.

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Access

import job
mdb.adaptivityProcesses[name]

AdaptivityProcess(...)

This method creates an AdaptivityProcess object.

Path

mdb.AdaptivityProcess

Required arguments

name

A String specifying the name of the Adaptivity Process.

job

A ModelJob object specifying a job to be used as the prototype for all analysis jobs run by the adaptivity process.

Optional arguments

maxIterations

An Int specifying the maximum number of analysis jobs that will be run by the Adaptivity Process. Abaqus performs adaptive remeshing between each analysis. The default value is 3.

jobPrefix

A String specifying the prefix to use for jobs created by the adaptivity process. An empty string indicates that the name of the adaptivity process should be used. The default value is an empty string.

Return value

An AdaptivityProcess object.

Exceptions

AbaqusException.

submit(...)

This method begins the process of analysis and adaptive remeshing.

Required arguments

None.

Optional arguments

waitForCompletion

A Boolean specifying whether to interrupt the execution of a script until the end of the adaptive remeshing process is reached.

datacheckJob

A Boolean specifying whether to run the adaptivity as a datacheck analysis. The default value is False. The datacheckJob and continueJob arguments cannot both be True.

continueJob

A Boolean specifying whether to run the adaptivity as a continuation analysis. The default value is False. The datacheckJob and continueJob arguments cannot both be True.

Return value

None.

Exceptions

None.

setValues(...)

This method modifies the AdaptivityProcess object.

Required arguments

None.

Optional arguments

The optional arguments to setValues are the same as the arguments to the AdaptivityProcess method, except for the name argument.

Return value

None.

Exceptions

None.

Members

The AdaptivityProcess object has members with the same names and descriptions as the arguments to the AdaptivityProcess method.

In addition, the AdaptivityProcess object can have the following members:

status

A SymbolicConstant specifying the status of the adaptivity process. Possible values are SUBMITTED, RUNNING, ABORTED, TERMINATED, and COMPLETED.

iterations

A repository of AdaptivityIteration objects specifying the AdaptivityIteration objects received during running the adaptivity process.