ansys.materials.manager.material_manager

Provides the MaterialManager class.

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MaterialManager

Manage material creation, assignment, and other management tasks.

class ansys.materials.manager.material_manager.MaterialManager(pyansys_client: Any)

Manage material creation, assignment, and other management tasks.

This class is the main entry point for the Pythonic material management interface.

Create a MaterialManager object ready for use.

Parameters:

pyansys_clientAny

Valid instance of a PyAnsys client. Only PyMAPDL and PyFluent are supported currently.

model_type_map: Dict[str, ansys.materials.manager._models._BaseModel]

write_material(material: ansys.materials.manager.material.Material) → None

Write a material to the solver.

Parameters:

materialMaterial

Material object to write to solver.

read_materials_from_session() → Dict[str, ansys.materials.manager.material.Material]

Given a PyAnsys session, return the materials present.

This method only supports PyMAPDL currently.

Returns:

Dict[str, Material]

Materials in the current session, indexed by an ID. For MAPDL, this is the material ID. For Fluent, this is the material name.