Running Abaqus 6.14-2 here. I have a complex sketch profile, but to illustrate my problem, I have a simple rectangular profile for extrusion that I created in the GUI and I have created two parameters, 'length' and 'width', in the parameter manager of the Sketch module.
I want to run a parametric study modifying the length and width, but I can't seem to find it anywhere via the Python scripting interface. I am able to control the extrusion depth via
mdb.models['Model-1'].parts['Part-1'].features['Sketch-1'].setValues(depth=0.05)
I can see the term 'parameters' if I run
mdb.models['Model-1'].parts['Part-1'].features['Sketch-1'].sketch.__members__
but I can't seem to access it. Where can I find the parameters that I created in the parameter manager?
Hi Zherui,
Good question.
I wonder what you mean by "access".
Instead I have written a simple script to create a cube where the side lengths are parametric (attached). Could this type of method be used as the basis for your study?
Regards,
Simon
Simon Smith thank you for your answer, what you are referring to is what I'm trying to get to! But my actual profile is quite complex, so I have dimensions referring to a baseline dimension to keep the aspect ratios the same. So in my Sketch > Parameter Manager, I have these dimensions and their respective equations to link to my base dimension for scaling.
Problem is, even though they are in the Sketch > Parameter Manager in the GUI, I can't seem to find these parameters anywhere in the mdb. I'm trying to find out where the Abaqus Mdb stores these parameters and their equations so I can loop through multiple values of my baseline dimension.
Hi Zherui,
I have created a version of the cube script using Sketch > Parameter Manager (attached). The script contains print commands for the parameters.
Does this help?
Regards,
Simon
Simon Smith Thank you! I'll have to try it out soon, right now I'm just cheating by recording a macro and modifying the Python script that it outputs and parametrising the dimensions. I think that might be the most convenient for more complex profiles in future too.
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