BoxProfile object

The BoxProfile object defines the properties of a box profile.

The BoxProfile object is derived from the Profile object.

This page discusses:

Access

import section
mdb.models[name].profiles[name]
import odbSection
session.odbs[name].profiles[name]

BoxProfile(...)

This method creates a BoxProfile object.

Path

mdb.models[name].BoxProfile
session.odbs[name].BoxProfile

Required arguments

name

A String specifying the repository key.

a

A Float specifying the a dimension of the box profile. For more information, see Beam Cross-Section Library.

b

A Float specifying the b dimension of the box profile.

uniformThickness

A Boolean specifying whether the thickness is uniform.

t1

A Float specifying the uniform wall thickness if uniformThickness=ON, and the wall thickness of the first segment if uniformThickness=OFF.

Optional arguments

t2

A Float specifying the wall thickness of the second segment. t2 is required only when uniformThickness=OFF. The default value is 0.0.

t3

A Float specifying the wall thickness of the third segment. t3 is required only when uniformThickness=OFF. The default value is 0.0.

t4

A Float specifying the wall thickness of the fourth segment. t4 is required only when uniformThickness=OFF. The default value is 0.0.

Return value

A BoxProfile object.

Exceptions

RangeError.

setValues(...)

This method modifies the BoxProfile object.

Required arguments

None.

Optional arguments

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

Return value

None.

Exceptions

RangeError.

Members

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