moments
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.
- 1 - node
- 3 - comp
- 10 - set
- 27 - point
- entitytypename
- The string type of the entity to which the load is applied.
- nodes
- comps
- sets
- points
- 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.
- 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.
- vectory
- The y component of the unit vector.
- vectorz
- The z component of the unit vector.
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.
- 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.
- inputsystem
- Pointer to the reference system.
- 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:
- curveid
- The ID of the MBCRV entries giving load vs independent variable measured in the coordinate system defined by CID.
- expanded_form_flag
- Flag to export loads on nodes.
- os_eid
- The ID of the MBVAR for the independent variable expression.
- os_intrp_type
- The interpolation type. Valid values are AKIMA (default), CUBIC or LINEAR.
The following data names are available for OptiStruct and Nastran engineering loads:
- distribution
- The distribution type:
- inputsystem
- The coordinate system ID. A value of 0 or blank references the basic coordinate system.
- magnitude
- For MOMENT, the scale factor.
- os_g1
- The grid point ID.
- os_g2
- The grid point ID.
- vector
- The direction of the moment vector measured in the system defined by CID. At lesat one of the vector components must be non-zero.
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.
- inputsystem
- The system ID for the skew or frame identifier.
- magnitude
- The ordinate scale factor (default 1.0).
- rad_dir
- The direction in translation. Valid values are X, Y and Z for forces and XX, YY and ZZ for moments.
- rad_ivar_flag
- The flag to disregard the variation of velocity with respect to time for the calculation of the force.
- rad_sensor_id
- The ID of the sensor entity.
- 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, expanded_form_flag, field, local_comp1, local_comp2, local_comp3, local_vector, local_vectorx, local_vectory, local_vectorz, location, location_unit_node, orient, orientx, orienty, orientz, os_eid, os_g1, os_g2, os_intrp_type, rad_dir, rad_ivar_flag, rad_sensor_id and resultant_magnitude.