accelerations
Unless otherwise specified, data names are accessible in level 3 only.
- engineering_type
- The engineering type of load. Engineering loads act on set entities. Valid values are:
The following data names are available for both classic and engineering loads:
- attributesmax
- The number of attributes owned by this entity.
- collector
- Pointer to the collector that owns the element.
- config
- The configuration of the entity.
- definedentity
- True if the entity is defined, false otherwise.
- entityid
- The ID of the entity the load is attached to.
- entitytype
- The type of the entity to which the load is applied.
- entitytypename
- The string type of the entity to which the load is applied.
- id
- The ID of the entity.
- include
- The ID of the include file the entity is organized in.
- includeid
- The ID of the include file the entity is organized in.
- inputsystem
- Pointer to the reference system.
- internalid
- The ID of the entity.
- set
- Pointer to the set when the load is applied to a set.
- type
- The solver dependent type code for the entity.
- typename
- The solver dependent type name for the entity.
- vectorx
- The x component of the unit vector in the global coordinate system.
- vectory
- The y component of the unit vector in the global coordinate system.
- vectorz
- The z component of the unit vector in the global coordinate system.
The following data names are available for classic loads:
- baselocation
- The coordinates where the load on a component or set should display. Valid for hm_getvalue query only. Also used to convert the load vector components into local values for non-rectangular coordinate systems.
- baselocationx
- The x-coordinate where the load on a component or set should display.
- baselocationy
- The y-coordinate where the load on a component or set should display.
- baselocationz
- The z-coordinate where the load on a component or set should display.
- comp1
- The x component of the vector in the global coordinate system.
- comp2
- The y component of the vector in the global coordinate system.
- comp3
- The z component of the vector in the global coordinate system.
- component
- Pointer to the component when the load is applied to a component.
- curveid
- The ID of the curve defining the load magnitude when a curve has been used to define the load.
- inputsystemid
- The ID of the reference system.
- local_comp1
- The x component of the vector in the local coordinate system.
- local_comp2
- The y component of the vector in the local coordinate system.
- local_comp3
- The z component of the vector in the local coordinate system.
- local_vector
- The load vector in the local coordinate system.
- local_vectorx
- The x component of the unit vector in the local coordinate system.
- local_vectory
- The y component of the unit vector in the local coordinate system.
- local_vectorz
- The z component of the unit vector in the local coordinate system.
- location
- The ID of the node where the load is applied. Valid for hm_getvalue query only.
- magnitude
- The magnitude of the vector.
- mappedid
- The ID of the original load on geometry.
- node
- Pointer to the node when the load is applied to a node.
- vector
- The component of the unit vector. Valid for hm_getvalue query only.
- xscale
- The x scale or time scale of the load curve when a curve has been used to define the load.
The following data names are available for engineering loads:
- compx
- The dot product of the load vector projected on the global x axis.
- compy
- The dot product of the load vector projected on the global y axis.
- compz
- The dot product of the load vector projected on the global z axis.
- distribution_table_count
- The number of rows of a non-uniform engineering load.
- field
- The field entity that stores the tabular load data.
- location_unit_node
- The nodes for which the data is stored in the table for a non-uniform engineering load.
- orient
- The load orientation vector.
- orientx
- The x component of the load orientation vector.
- orienty
- The y component of the load orientation vector.
- orientz
- The z component of the load orientation vector.
- resultant_magnitude
- The resultant scalar component of the load vector in the global coordiante system.
The following data names are available for OptiStruct engineering loads:
- os_tid
- The ID of the load collector with card image TABLED1, defining the location (LOCi) vs scale factor (VALi) values.
The following data names are available for OptiStruct and Nastran engineering loads:
- curveid
- The ID of the curve defining the scale factor values at defined locations.
- distribution
- The distribution type:
- magnitude
- The scale factor for the load vector.
- os_comp_dir
- The component direction of the load variation. Valid values are X, Y and Z.
- vector
- The acceleration load vector components in the coordinate system CID. A minimum of one Ni should not be 0.0.
The following data names are available for Radioss engineering loads:
- curveid
- The ID of the curve defining the time function identifier.
- crash_dir_flag
- Specifies if directions can be input using vector or crash direction semantics:
- crash_dofstring
- The sring that outputs the computed DOF directions, useful if the direction is specified using a string vector.
- displayname
- The text for the title entry.
- magnitude
- The ordinate (force) scale factor (default 1.0).
- rad_dir
- The direction in translation. Valid values are X, Y, Z, XX, YY and ZZ.
- rad_sensor_id
- The ID of the sensor entity.
- rad_tstart
- The start time.
- rad_tstop
- The stop time (default 10^30).
- xscale
- The abscissa (time) scale factor (default 1.0).
Version History
2020 - New support for engineering loads. Added new data names compx, compy, compz, crash_dir_flag, crash_dofstring, displayname, distribution, distribution_table_count, engineering_type, field, local_comp1, local_comp2, local_comp3, local_vector, local_vectorx, local_vectory, local_vectorz, location, location_unit_node, orient, orientx, orienty, orientz, os_comp_dir, os_tid, rad_dir, rad_sensor_id, rad_tstart, rad_tstop and resultant_magnitude.