temperatures
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 load.
- 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
- 2 - elem
- 3 - comp
- 10 - set
- 27 - point
- entitytypename
- The string type of the entity to which the load is applied.
- nodes
- elems
- 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.
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.
- 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.
- location
- The ID of the node where the load is applied. Valid for hm_getvalue query only.
- mappedid
- The ID of the original load on geometry.
- node
- Pointer to the node when the load is applied to a node.
- temperature
- The value of the temperature load.
- 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:
- 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_element
- The elements for which the data is stored in the table for a non-uniform engineering load.
- location_unit_node
- The nodes for which the data is stored in the table for a non-uniform engineering load.
- resultant_magnitude
- The resultant scalar component of the load vector in the global coordiante system.
The following data names are available for Nastran engineering loads:
- nas_tempbc_type
- STAT - Constant temperature boundary condition
The following data names are available for OptiStruct engineering loads:
- expanded_form_flag
- Flag to export loads on nodes.
The following data names are available for OptiStruct and Nastran engineering loads:
- distribution
- The distribution type:
- magnitude
- The temperature.
- os_t1
- The temperature at the lower surface of shell elements.
- os_t2
- The temperature at the upper surface of shell elements.
- os_tempp1_flag
- The temperature unit flag for TEMPP1:
- os_tprime
- The effective linear thermal gradient.
The following data names are available for Radioss engineering loads:
- curveid
- The ID of the curve defining the time function identifier.
- displayname
- The text for the title entry.
- distribution
- The INITEMP flag:
- magnitude
- The ordinate scale factor for fct_ID (default 1.0).
- 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 for fct_IDT (default 1.0).
Version History
2020 - New support for engineering loads. Added new data names displayname, distribution, distribution_table_count, engineering_type, expanded_form_flag, field, location, location_unit_element, location_unit_node, nas_tempbc_type, os_t1, os_t2, os_tempp1_flag, os_tprime, rad_sensor_id, rad_tstart, rad_tstop and resultant_magnitude.