Oasys.PRIMER.View class¶

Constants¶

SetContourType - argument 1 (Type)¶

View.ELEMPROPS¶

Type Element Properties

View.ELEMQUAL¶

Type Element Quality

View.INITVELS¶

Type Initial Velocities

View.LOADSHELLDIRECTION¶

Type Load Shell Direction

View.MASSSCALE¶

Type Mass Scale

View.MATLPROPS¶

Type Material Properties

View.PARTMASS¶

Type Part Mass

View.SHELLNORMALS¶

Type Shell Normals

View.SHELLTHICKNESS¶

Type Shell Thickness

View.TIMESTEP¶

Type TimeStep

SetContourType - argument 2 (Subtype)¶

View.ABSOLUTE¶

Subtype Absolute (of type Shell Thickness)

View.ADDEDMASS¶

Subtype Added Mass (of type Mass Scale)

View.ADDEDMASSPART¶

Subtype Added Mass #Part (of type Mass Scale)

View.AREA¶

Subtype Area (2d only) (of type Element Property)

View.ASPECTRATIO¶

Subtype Aspect Ratio (of type Element Quality)

View.CONTOUR¶

Subtype Contour (of type Shell Normals)

View.DENSITY¶

Subtype Density (of type Material Property)

View.EMPFINALMASS¶

Subtype (*)Final Mass (of type (*)EMP Parts Only)

View.EMPNSMASS¶

Subtype (*)NS Mass (of type (*)EMP Parts Only)

View.EMPSTRUCTMASS¶

Subtype (*)Struct Mass (of type (*)EMP Parts Only)

View.FAILEDCRITERIA¶

Subtype Failed Criteria (of type Element Quality)

View.FINALMASS¶

Subtype Final Mass (of type (*)EMP Parts Only)

View.FORM¶

Subtype Form (native) (of type Element Property)

View.FORMULATION¶

Subtype Formulation (of type Element Property)

View.INITVELRES¶

Subtype Init Vel-Res (of type Init Vel Component)

View.INITVELX¶

Subtype Init Vel-X (of type Init Vel Component)

View.INITVELY¶

Subtype Init Vel-Y (of type Init Vel Component)

View.INITVELZ¶

Subtype Init Vel-Z (of type Init Vel Component)

View.INTPOINTS¶

Subtype Integration Points (of type Element Property)

View.JACOBIAN¶

Subtype Jacobian (of type Element Quality)

View.MATERIALNUMBER¶

Subtype Material Number (of type Material Property)

View.MAXINTANGLE¶

Subtype Max Internal Angle (of type Element Quality)

View.MININTANGLE¶

Subtype Min Internal Angle (of type Element Quality)

View.MINLENGTH¶

Subtype Min Length (of type Element Quality)

View.PERCENTADDEDMASS¶

Subtype % Added Mass (of type Mass Scale)

View.PERCENTADDEDMASSPART¶

Subtype % Added Mass #Part (of type Mass Scale)

View.PLASTICSTRAIN¶

Subtype Plastic Strain (of type Element Property)

View.POISSONRATIO¶

Subtype Poisson’s Ratio (of type Material Property)

View.QUALIMPERF¶

Subtype Tet Collapse (of type Element Quality)

View.REMAINING¶

Subtype % remaining (of type Shell Thickness)

View.SKEW¶

Subtype Skew (native) (of type Element Quality)

View.STRUCTMASS¶

Subtype Struct Mass (of type (*)EMP Parts Only)

View.TAPER¶

Subtype Taper (of type Element Quality)

View.TETCOLLAPSE¶

Subtype Formulation (of type Element Quality)

View.THINNING¶

Subtype % thinning (of type Shell Thickness)

View.VECTOR¶

Subtype Vector (of type Shell Normals)

View.VOLUME¶

Subtype Volume (of type Element Property)

View.WARPAGE¶

Subtype Warpage (of type Element Quality)

View.YIELDSTRESS¶

Subtype Yield Stress (of type Material Property)

View.YOUNGMODULUS¶

Subtype Young’s Modulus (of type Material Property)

SetContourType - argument 3 (Subtype)¶

View.INTPOINT¶

Subtype Integration point (of type Element Property)

View.MAXSTRAIN¶

Subtype Maximum Strain (of type Element Property)

View.MINSTRAIN¶

Subtype Minimum Strain (of type Element Property)

View.PARAMETRICCOORD¶

Subtype Parametric coordinate (of type Element Property)

Show¶

View.ISO¶

Isometric projection

View.XY¶

XY axis projection

View.XZ¶

XZ axis projection

View.YZ¶

YZ axis projection

Static methods¶

classmethod View.Ac()¶
Autoscales the view

Returns:

No return value

Return type:

None

Example

To autoscale
Oasys.PRIMER.View.Ac()
classmethod View.Ct()¶
Does a contour plot

Returns:

No return value

Return type:

None

Example

To do a contour plot
Oasys.PRIMER.View.Ct()
classmethod View.Hi()¶
Does a Hidden line plot

Returns:

No return value

Return type:

None

Example

To do a hidden line plot
Oasys.PRIMER.View.Hi()
classmethod View.Li()¶
Does a line (wireframe) plot

Returns:

No return value

Return type:

None

Example

To do a line plot
Oasys.PRIMER.View.Li()
classmethod View.Redraw()¶
Redraws the plot using the current plot mode

Returns:

No return value

Return type:

None

Example

To redraw
Oasys.PRIMER.View.Redraw()
classmethod View.SetContourType(view_type, view_subtype, view_subtype2)¶
Sets a contour type (and subtype)

Parameters:

view_type (constant) – The type of contour to plot. Can be: View.TIMESTEP View.SHELLTHICKNESS View.SHELLNORMALS View.LOADSHELLDIRECTION View.ELEMPROPS View.ELEMQUAL View.MASSSCALE View.MATLPROPS View.INITVELS View.PARTMASS

view_subtype (constant) – The subtype of contour to plot. Note: This second argument is NOT required for types TIMESTEP and LOADSHELLDIRECTION. Subtypes for Type TIMESTEP: No subtypes Subtypes for Type SHELLTHICKNESS: View.ABSOLUTE View.THINNING View.REMAINING Subtypes for SHELLNORMALS: View.CONTOUR View.VECTOR Subtypes for Type LOADSHELLDIRECTION: No subtypes Subtypes for Type ELEMPROPS: View.FORMULATION View.INTPOINTS View.PLASTICSTRAIN View.FORM View.AREA View.VOLUME Subtypes for Type ELEMQUAL: View.MINLENGTH View.ASPECTRATIO View.WARPAGE View.SKEW View.MININTANGLE View.MAXINTANGLE View.JACOBIAN View.TAPER View.TETCOLLAPSE View.QUALIMPERF View.FAILEDCRITERIA Subtypes for Type MASSSCALE: View.PERCENTADDEDMASS View.ADDEDMASS View.PERCENTADDEDMASSPART View.ADDEDMASSPART Subtypes for Type MATLPROPS: View.DENSITY View.YIELDSTRESS View.POISSONRATIO View.YOUNGMODULUS View.MATERIALNUMBER Subtypes for Type INITVELS: View.INITVELX View.INITVELY View.INITVELZ View.INITVELRES Subtypes for Type PARTMASS: View.STRUCTMASS View.EMPSTRUCTMASS View.EMPNSMASS View.FINALMASS View.EMPFINALMASS

view_subtype2 (constant) – The subtype of contour to plot. Note: This third argument is required only for ELEMENTPROP ->PLASTICSTRAIN/FORM/AREA/VOLUME. The default is PARAMETRIC COORDINATE. Subtypes for Type ELEMENTPROP -> PLASTICSTRAIN/FORM/AREA/VOLUME: View.PARAMETRICCOORD View.INTEGRATIONPOINT View.MINSTRAIN View.MAXSTRAIN

Returns:

No return value

Return type:

None

Example

To set a contour plot of Load Shell Direction (no subtype):
Oasys.PRIMER.View.SetContourType(Oasys.PRIMER.View.LOADSHELLDIRECTION)
To set a contour plot of Element Formulation (type: Elem Props, subtype: Formulation):
Oasys.PRIMER.View.SetContourType(Oasys.PRIMER.View.ELEMPROPS, Oasys.PRIMER.View.FORMULATION)
classmethod View.Sh()¶
Does a shaded plot

Returns:

No return value

Return type:

None

Example

To do a shaded plot
Oasys.PRIMER.View.Sh()
classmethod View.Show(view_type)¶
Redraws using one of the standard views

Parameters:

view_type (constant) – The view to show. Can be +/-View.XY, +/-View.YZ, +/-View.XZ or +/-View.ISO

Returns:

No return value

Return type:

None

Example

To do an isometric view from the negative direction:
Oasys.PRIMER.View.Show(-Oasys.PRIMER.View.ISO)
classmethod View.Si()¶
Does a shaded image contour plot

Returns:

No return value

Return type:

None

Example

To do a shaded image contour plot
Oasys.PRIMER.View.Si()
classmethod View.Vec()¶
Does a vector plot

Returns:

No return value

Return type:

None

Example

To do a vector plot
Oasys.PRIMER.View.Vec()